A LUTON man has been handed a community order for flytipping in High Town.
Owen Ayres, 24, of Hartley Road in Luton was found guilty of flytipping in Frederick Street Passage in High Town by Luton Magistrates Court.
On September 2, an Enforcement Officer from the Council’s Community Safety and Civil Protection team responded to a report about a huge pile of rubbish including a bath, broken tiles and carpet flytipped in Frederick Street Passage.
Council officers traced the rubbish to a Barton Road property. Further investigation revealed Owen Ayres, operating as Owen’s Clearance Services, was paid by a builder working at the property to remove the waste.
On November 19, a Council Enforcement Officer responded to a report about a huge quantity of rubbish including wooden doors, carpet, tyres and rubble flytipped in the Parys Road garage site. Further investigation again linked it to Owen Ayres.
During sentencing, Magistrates said Ayres had left “a disgusting mess and the message needs to get out there that this is not acceptable”.
After pleading not guilty at a first hearing, Ayres admitted to illegally depositing waste at both locations. He received a 12 month Community Sentence with 120 hours of unpaid community work and full costs of £1,800.
Councillor Dave Tayor said: “If you spot someone fly tipping, we need to know about it to put a stop to it. We will always take legal action if there is enough suitable evidence. soLUTiONs, Luton’s Community Safety Partnership, also supports all enforcement measures to tackle this type of antisocial activity which is a real blight on communities.”
If you see anyone flytipping, please call the Council on 01582 510333 with as many details as possible for officers to gather enough evidence to take the culprit to court.