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Ashley Cartman • 26 May 2022

Pill man prosecuted for fly tipping

A man from Pill has been fined over £1600 following a prosecution brought by North Somerset Council for fly tipping. The fly tipped waste included a bath tub which was filled with both garden waste and plaster board.


Anthony Newbury, from Marine Parade, Pill, entered a guilty plea at North Somerset Magistrates Court on 6 May. The offence took place on Royal Portbury Dock on several occasions last summer. CCTV images in the area enabled officers to trace the registration of the vehicle used back to Mr Newbury, the registered keeper of the vehicle at the time the offences took place.


Newbury was ordered to pay a total of £1,623.40: a fine of £346 for each of the two offences, a victim surcharge of £69, and North Somerset Council’s full costs of £862.40.

What action is the council taking?

This prosecution follows others made by North Somerset Council.  When I was elected in 2019, I was keen more action should be taken to combat fly tipping. In 2020, North Somerset council made its first prosecution for fly tipping in over 4 years, and others have followed since. This included prosecuting someone for fly tipping on Yanley Lane, in Long Ashton.


I will continue to pressure the council to take action against fly tippers. The council has recently targeted sites often used for fly tipping, such as Yanley Lane, in which mobile cameras have been placed in hedges and bushes in order to catch more people. 
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