Buckinghamshire Council brings two more fly-tippers to justice
Two more criminals caught fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire have been brought to justice thanks to efforts by Buckinghamshire Council’s enforcement team. In both cases the offenders could have brought the majority of their waste to one of the council’s Household Recycling Centres free of charge, but instead chose to break the law and paid the price.
In the first case Gabriella Andreea Rusu, 34, from Wexham Street, Slough pleaded guilty to one offence of fly-tipping in two separate locations in Buckinghamshire. Rusu attended High Wycombe Magistrates Court earlier this month. At the hearing, the court was told that on 2 December 2021, enforcement officers from Buckinghamshire Council found two significant piles of household waste dumped illegally on Black Park Road Wexham and Seven Hills Road, Iver. Both piles of waste were traced back to a house on Wexham Street in Slough. Investigating officers later interviewed Rusu, the householder, under caution at Slough Police Station where she admitted dumping both piles of rubbish.
Magistrates ordered Rusu to pay a fine of £933. She was also ordered to pay £1,000 towards council costs and a £93 victim surcharge, making a total of £2,026.
On the same day, High Wycombe magistrates also heard the case against Usman Ali Bukhari of Pursers Court in Slough. Once again, enforcement officers discovered a small pile of household waste dumped illegally on Black Park Road in Wexham. It was traced back to Mr Bukhari’s home address. Mr Bukhari was interviewed under caution and admitted dumping the waste.
Mr Bukhari was issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice at the time of admitting the offence. This would have been reduced to £300 if paid within 14 days, however Mr Bukhari chose not to pay the penalty and so was summoned to court. In court magistrates ordered Bukhari to pay a fine of £300 and £400 towards the council’s costs as well as a victim surcharge of £34, making a total of £734.
Gareth Williams, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment said: “I’m really pleased that we have been able to bring two more criminals to justice for flagrantly breaking the law and fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire. We’ve said it before, and we will continue to say it until people listen and stop doing it – we have a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire. These cases demonstrate what happens to those who ignore our warnings so once again, don’t fly-tip in Bucks or you will pay the price!”
To report fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire visit: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/fix-my-street
