Two men from Bristol have been fined more than £1,500 in total after being convicted for waste-related offences. Their convictions at Bristol Magistrates Court followed investigations into separate incidents of fly-tipping by South Gloucestershire Council’s environmental crime team.
Luke Sherratt pleaded guilty to fly-tipping and was fined a total of £940 following the discovery of household furniture, wood panelling, a fridge freezer and general household waste at Love Lane in Easter Compton on April 27, 2022. The large fly-tip was examined and correspondence relating to an address in Shirehampton, and another in Weston-Super-Mare was found.
In a statement, the council said: "During the investigation, council envirocrime officers discovered Sherratt, 26, had been in contact with a couple in West-Super-Mare via Facebook Marketplace, and had arranged to collect and dispose of waste from their address for the payment of £60.
