Man caught red-handed dumping waste goods in rural spot is told to fork out over £2,000

Fly-tipper Patrick Stokes, 45, unloaded roofing and building waste in Winchester, in October 2022. Stokes pleaded guilty to the fly-tipping offence after dumping the material when he was spotted by officers from the council. At court he was ordered to pay a fine of £650, prosecution costs of £1,335 and a victim surcharge of £260 - leaving him having to pay £2,245 in total.

Councillor Kelsie Learney, Winchester City Council cabinet member for the climate emergency, said: “This is the second successful prosecution by Winchester City Council in the past two months and reinforces our zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping across our district.”