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Blidworth resident’s anger over £200 fine from Newark and Sherwood District Council for disputed fly-tipping




A man whose name and address was found on top of a fly tip of cannabis plants has claimed he was set up.

Dennis Spencer, of Blidworth, was fined more than £200 for incorrect waste disposal after a box with his name and address on was found on top of a fly tip in the village.

He claims he had put the box in his bin and it must have been removed and placed with the cannabis.

Dennis Spencer of Blidworth has been accused of fly tipping after a box with his name and address was found on top of the rubbish. (58551895)
Dennis Spencer of Blidworth has been accused of fly tipping after a box with his name and address was found on top of the rubbish. (58551895)

“I just received a summons through from Newark and Sherwood District Council and they had picture of this fly tip and a box with my name and address on it,” he said.

“I said, so I’m going to fly tip on my own doorstep and leave a box with my name and address aren’t I?

“Somebody’s fished it out of my recycling bin and thought it was a good idea to plant it on top of this fly tip, which was bags of cannabis plants and paraphernalia. I don’t do drugs and I am a respectable recycling person.”

Dennis Spencer of Blidworth has been accused of fly tipping after a box with his name and address was found on top of the rubbish. (58551896)
Dennis Spencer of Blidworth has been accused of fly tipping after a box with his name and address was found on top of the rubbish. (58551896)

Dennis was fined under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act, following a hearing with the council.

He said: “It’s my problem to put my box in the bin, but its also my problem if someone takes it out and plants it somewhere, but they’re saying that wasn’t possible.

“You could say that about a bin lorry shedding it’s load, they don’t pick all their rubbish.”

Despite explaining the circumstances, he was fined.

“It’s outrageous, it’s disgusting,” he said.

“I’ve been set up basically, somebody has set me up and I think I know who’s done it but I can’t prove it.”

Roger Jackson, portfolio holder for cleaner, safer, greener, said: “As outlined in the Environmental Protection Act it is the responsibility of the resident or business to properly dispose of waste they produce. In the case of employing a third-party to dispose of waste the resident or business still have a duty of care to ensure the waste is not illegally dumped. We continue to urge anyone employing a third-party to check they have the required licenses to legally dispose of waste.”



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