Shameless flytippers have dumped over 80 tyres on an elderly couple's driveway with the council are refusing to pay to have them removed, the Mirror reports. Hugh Cunningham, 81 and his wife Diane, 76 were left 'angry and astonished' to discover the mess on Saturday evening after returning home from visiting friends.
The OAPs now face a hefty bill to get rid of the pile of tyres as Canterbury City Council are refusing to dispose of the dumped load as it is on private land at the couple's home in Upper Harbledown, near Canterbury, Kent. Mr Cunningham said: "At first I thought there were about 20, however we soon saw there were many more.
"I haven't counted them all exactly, but I think there could be about 80. I was angry and astonished when I saw it. I was upset - I just thought 'how can someone do that?' How degrading of the environment."
He added: "It's a blemish on the land. I hope they never do this again and don't do this to anybody else." The tyres were dumped between 7pm and midnight and were discarded in front of the Cunninghams' rear drive.
Mrs Cunningham, who has lived in the village for 42 years, said: "It's upsetting, very annoying, a real hassle and will be very expensive to move."
She said: "It's all different kinds, we see refrigerators, building supplies, and also just people with Costa cups and bags who obviously just chuck them out the window."
The couple have been told teams from the city council will be out to assess the situation this week. Local authority spokesman Rob Davies said: "We are aware of this incident and our enforcement officers will be visiting the site to investigate, including checking for any local CCTV and speaking to residents about any information they may have.
"As this is private land, it is for the owner to clear what has been dumped. We will actively pursue any evidence we find and prosecute if we possibly can, and in one recent successful court case, we were able to secure £500 in compensation for a landowner who was the victim of a fly-tipping incident."
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