A man who hired an unnamed - and unlicensed - person to take away beds, sofas and other rubbish has been fined after it was found dumped in woodland behind his house. The waste was found fly-tipped by Rochdale council at the rear of Cedar Avenue, Heywood, and included letters to the address for Terence Edhouse, 32, who lived on Cedar Avenue.
The rubbish was discovered in October 2019 and he later admitted under caution that he employed an unnamed person to remove the waste for him. He also admitted that he had not taken any background checks to see if the person he had hired was licenced to by the Environment Agency and he did not obtain a receipt for proof after paying with cash.
Edhouse then failed to attend a court hearing on April 9 last year resulting in him being arrested on September 10 of this year and appearing at Salford and Manchester Magistrates Court two days later. He pleaded guilty to one offence contrary to Section 34(2A) of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) and was fined £225 and ordered to pay £270 costs.
