Fly-tipper caught after dumping documents with his name and address

A fly-tipper has been fined £2,950 after being tracked down through documents he left in the rubbish he dumped.

Abishek Ravindran-Vaidyaingham, 36, from Patchway, South Gloucestershire, was prosecuted following the discovery of a fly-tip in Little Stoke.

Council workers found baby clothes, garden items (including a trampoline), plastics and black bin bags of household waste in trash he had left on Station Road on February 2, 2020.

After further investigation, they found documentation with the defendant’s address.

South Gloucestershire Council environmental enforcement team officers attended Ravindran-Vaidyaingham’s home on February 4. 

He later admitted his responsibility for the fly-tip and went to Station Road and cleared the waste himself.

In an interview under caution, he said he was moving address and had completely filled his car with household waste but when he went to a recycling centre it was closed. 

He added he needed his car for work the next day so emptied the waste into a nearby entranceway. 

Ravindran-Vaidyaingham said he intended to return and dispose of the waste properly.

Appearing at Bristol Magistrates Court on February 22, he pleaded guilty to the illegal disposal of waste. 

He was fined £1,996, along with £773 in costs and a victim surcharge of £181.

Cabinet Member for Communities and Local Place Cllr Rachael Hunt said: ‘Each one of us has a responsibility to correctly dispose of our household waste and there really is no excuse for this type of behaviour.

‘This gentleman should have made sure that he was able to legally dispose of his waste before loading his vehicle. Fly-tipping blights our countryside and has a negative impact on our communities and local environment.

‘Our zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire means that anyone who fly-tips here is up to five times more likely to be prosecuted than anywhere else in the country.’

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