Selfish fly-tipper given DRIVING ban after he's caught red-handed
24.04.2024 - 14:27
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A fly-tipper has been fined and banned from driving for three months after dumping rubbish in an alleyway.
Several residential waste containers were filled with building materials and household waste until they were full, leaving no room for residents to get rid of their waste on Beresford Street in Moss Side.
Daniel Chiwoko, 49, of Longford Street, Gorton, parked his white Ford Transit in front of the residential containers and then went on to dump items too big to fit in them into the adjacent alleyway on December 21, 2021.
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A local resident who witnessed this happening sent photographic evidence to the Environmental Crimes Team, who subsequently traced the vehicle to its owner, Chiwoko.
He was invited to a recorded interview, which he attended on April 21, 2022, and admitted the offence when shown the witness's photographs. He claimed that he thought he could put the waste in the residential containers as he was disposing of a friend's waste who lived close by, however he did not provide any details of this person.
Chiwoko pleaded guilty to the fly-tipping offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 33(5) at a hearing in June last year and was sentenced at Manchester Magistrates Court today (April 24).
He received a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and was disqualified from driving for three months. He was also ordered to pay costs of £522 and a victim surcharge of £95, making a total of £617.
Neil Fairlamb, Manchester City Council's Strategic Director for Neighbourhoods said: "This was a particularly selfish environmental crime as the fly-tipped rubbish in the alleyway was not just an