A young mum has been hit with a £634 fly-tipping court bill despite her insistence that it was her ex, not her, who dumped the rubbish at a nearby beauty spot. Jade Grocott told North Staffordshire Justice Centre her former boyfriend carried out waste disposal and, unknown to her, he included her waste which would later be discovered at Parkhall Country Park in Stoke-on-Trent.
Anthony O'Dowd, prosecuting on behalf of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said enforcement officers were sent to the park after receiving an anonymous report of fly-tipping. Following an investigation, plastic sheeting with the address of Grocott was discovered, StokeonTrentlive reports.
The court heard council records were then checked and a £400 fixed penalty notice was issued on April 29 last year. The authority acknowledged that Grocott did not actually dump the waste but failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that the waste was disposed of correctly.
