Fly-tipping bouncer is hit with bill of £1,300

A bouncer who dumped bin bags overflowing with rubbish in a South Staffordshire lane has been hit with a bill of more than £1,300.

The rubbish dumped by Paul Ensor was traced back to him because it contained several items addressed to the Alchemy nightclub where he worked in Wolverhampton.

The 23-year-old doorman, of Gomer Street, Willenhall, was fined along with a scrap metal dealer who was caught without a licence to carry waste on the roads in Wombourne.

The 25-year-old scrap dealer, Kingsley Brendon Nock, of Mill Street, Great Bridge, failed to appear at Stafford Magistrates Court charged with failing to produce a waste carrier's licence. He was found guilty in his absence. Ensor pleaded guilty to fly-tipping.

Miss Miriam Petch, prosecuting on behalf of South Staffordshire Council, told how officers had received a call after rubbish was found dumped on Woodford Lane, in Trysull, on June 13, 2011.

Whilst sifting through it, they found several items addressed to Alchemy in North Street. After contacting the bar's manager, officers were told that the manager had asked Ensor to remove the rubbish following a recent fire inspection.

Ensor was fined £500 and ordered to pay £800 of the council's costs, with a victim surcharge of £15.

Miss Petch told how Nock was stopped by police on Poolhouse Road, Wombourne, last September.

His van was loaded with scrap metal but he failed to produce the licence for transporting the waste. He told officers that he was "tatting for scrap" but that he wasn't aware he needed a licence to do it. He was issued with a £300 fixed penalty but failed to pay it.

Nock was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £344.25 costs, with a victim surcharge of £15. The hearing took place on February 1.

Councillor Roger Lees, cabinet member for public health protection services, said today: "Dumping rubbish in a country lane isn't fair to the people who live there and to the taxpayers whose money has to go on cleaning this stuff up."