Three fly-tippers fined following action by Durham County Council
Date of alert:
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Durham Constabulary
THREE men have been ordered to pay out more than £4,500 in fines and costs following separate incidents of fly-tipping.
Stephen Fletcher, of Burnett Crescent, Kelloe, was captured on CCTV disposing of an unwanted caravan in a layby near Fishburn.
Magistrates in Peterlee heard that a Durham County Council investigation uncovered the forty-four-year-old’s involvement after a neighbourhood warden found the remains of a burnt out caravan on 1 June 2021.
Footage from a CCTV camera in the layby, showed a blue Ford Transit van, being driven by Fletcher, towing a caravan. The van stopped and three males disappeared behind the van, before returning to the vehicle and driving away, leaving the caravan behind.
Fletcher was requested to attend an interview to help the council with its enquiries, but failed to show, advising the court that he had not received the notice due to a change of address.
