Pendle News Room

Dean Halstead, of Bentham Avenue, pleaded guilty at Burnley Magistrates Court. He was fined a total of £392 for dumping bags of waste on a street in Nelson.

He was issued a Fixed Penalty Notice for breaching Section 33 of The Environmental Protection Act 1990.

He pleaded guilty in court to dumping waste in the Wren Street area of Nelson and was fined £120.

He was also ordered to pay £200 costs, £24 compensation and a £48 victim surcharge, making a total of £392.

Councillor Asjad Mahmood, Leader of Pendle Borough Council, said: “It is rewarding to see our officers clamping down on offenders, and especially people who come from other towns to dump waste on our streets.”

David Walker, Pendle Borough Council's Assistant Director of Operational Services, added: “This is another successful prosecution that gives us the opportunity to show the wider community that we take environmental crime very seriously and our officers are working very hard to bring offenders to task – even those that do not live in Pendle!”

Councillor Zafar Ali, the Council’s Portfolio Holder for Environment and Climate Change, said: "This is yet another prosecution which demonstrates we will not tolerate fly-tipping in our borough!”

To report littering and fly-tipping, visit the Council’s website www.pendle.gov.uk/doitonline