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Fly-tipper to pay out £1,400 after dumping rubbish in Hednesford church car park

A man must pay more than £1,000 after he admitted fly-tipping rubbish in a church's car park.

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Carl Munn collected the waste before throwing it onto the Trinity Church car park on Station Road in Hednesford on October 8, 2015.

Council officers found a resident's household bills amongst bin bags, a double mattress, three sofas, wood, laminate flooring and two doors strewn across the car park.

The person named on the bills told officers Munn, of Rigby Drive, Cannock, had been paid £170 to remove their rubbish.

CCTV footage from a nearby shop recorded Munn and another man loading rubbish, before he was pictured by other CCTV cameras at Poplars Landfill site in Cannock.

Staff there remembered Munn, aged 44, was turned away after refusing to pay to get rid of his rubbish. That same waste was later found in the church car park.

Munn admitted depositing waste without a permit and failing to comply with a duty of ensuring waste was deposited correctly at Newcastle-Under-Lyme Magistrates' Court.

He was fined £320, with court costs of £1,080 and a victim surcharge of £32.

Cannock Chase District Council is offering people £100 if they provide any evidence that leads to a successful conviction of a fly-tipper.

It has also been given further powers to issue £400 fixed penalty notices to any people who are caught dumping rubbish.

The authority's environment portfolio leader Councillor John Preece said: "I would urge everyone in the district to be the council's eyes and ears and to report any fly-tipping to us.

"We are determined to stamp out fly-tipping, which is a blight on our communities and our countryside. But we do need the public's help on this.

Anyone who witnesses fly-tipping in the district is urged to report it to Cannock Chase Council by calling 01543 462621 or visiting www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk

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