A mother who dumped a load of old furniture, which was later found outside a Wolverhampton school, has been fined £157 after being convicted of flytipping.
Jenny Katay-Kaunder, who was also given a 12-month conditional discharge, was tracked down by council officials after she left paperwork with her name on it inside a drawer, city magistrates were told.
The court heard how the 33-year-old got rid of a bed base, three mattresses, two armchairs, a wardrobe and a chest of drawers, by leaving them in an alley outside her home in Eastfield Grove, Eastfield.
But they were later discovered further up the street – directly outside Eastfield Primary School.
Katay-Kaunder, originally from the Congo, pleaded guilty to a charge of depositing waste on land without a licence on the basis that someone else moved the stuff from the alley to the school.
Magistrates were told yesterday how the mother-of-three, who addressed the court via a French interpreter, was a widow whose husband died in an African war in 2001. She has lived in Britain ever since.
Prosecutor Jacky Bramley said a member of the public reported the furniture outside the school.
“Several pieces of paper were found in one of the drawers, including two aeroplane boarding passes with the name Jenny Katay-Kaunder on,” she said.
“She said she had put them in an alley near to her home but someone else must have moved them onto the footpath where they were found.”
She added the defendant didn’t realise it was against the law to dispose of furniture in this way.
Katay-Kaunder said she had gone on holiday to France believing the items would be collected.
As well being fined for the costs of removing the rubbish, she was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £211 and given a 12-month conditional discharge.
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Its a disgrace that this woman be allowed to live in this country for 7 years and cannot speak English. I would hate to visit the Congo if she thinks its ok to dump rubbish in the street. She should have been given community service and cleaned up the streets of Eastfields, I’m sure the residents would have appreciated it.
Another valuable member of our community! Bless her.
Hope we give her more benifits to help pay the fine.
WHERE IS THE DETERENT?
Thanks goverment U should all be sacked lived here all my life dont get half the things these people get THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS
What about the Brits who emigrate to non-English speaking countries how many of them do you suppose actually learn the native tongue before they leave. Whether she speaks English or not is besides the point. Her sentence should have included community service and deductions from any benefits/wages she receives as a deterrent. I’m fed up doing my bit for someone whether born here or not thinking that the law does not apply to them.
there is a fly tipping problem on coppice side ind est, brownhills. recently i reported, to walsall council, personal belongings that were tagged by west midlands police, and dumped by the person it was released to.
i wonder who had paid for the french interpreter. this country has gone mad.
Nubi, I have served my Queen and Country around the world and have made sure I can order a beer in the native language of our hosts. I am now in my 10th year as a working resident in Saudi Arabia where I respect all the cultural guidelines and laws in this country I can also speak some arabic. I am appauled to see people entering England and not learning the language or understanding the basics of the law. It shows they have no respect for the host nation. Surely as a French speaking immigrant it would have been far better for this person to move to, or be moved to France.
Yeah Yeah…….go to Benidorm, tenerife (Chavtowns), how many english folk speak spanish????- I always make an effort to speak anothers native tongue when I am in there country, but many dont. One of my work colleagues even complained to me once because a spanish waiter (in spain) couldnt speak english and she ended up verbally abusing him!!
Anyway thought this blog was about fly tippin - what about the innocent victims like me, who donate their furniture to friends/relatives and then dump them!!! Dont worry when evironmental health tried to pin it on me, I shopped the culprit! - now they have to pay the £2k fine!!!
Another immigrant laughing at our lax laws and “fines”.
You have to laugh.
Otherwise you’d be weeping forever………..
I agree partialy with Miss D, but please learn the language if you’re going to live there.I was a nanny in Spain as a teenager for 31/2 years.In my late 20s I married a German, and have 2 grown up sons one here with me in New Forest eldest in france with his papa,we are all good friends and holiday together, also i can still turn my Darlaston accent on when i visit, I’ll bet Jenny Katay-Kaunder, plus any other names she may have knows where the ‘money shop’ is though, so please Miss D dont try and justify fly tipping
Miss D dont talk rubbish. There is a vast difference between going to Spain for a fornights p up and living in a country for 7 years.
What ever the reasons or circumstances for fly tipping there is certainly no excuse for it.There are several legitmate ways of getting rid of it, ask you local authority. In any case those who are caught committing such an anti-social offence should pay the appropriate penalty for it, such as being made to push the offending rubbish to the nearest tip on a hand cart ! Sorry to be so draconian but my suggestion pales into insignificance by the sides of my friends suggestions.
Tied and Wornout Toby.