A FLY-TIPPER was fined almost £2,000 after dumping waste in Buckinghamshire.

Tajinder Shama of Summer Lea in Slough pleaded guilty on January 18 to illegally dumping a carpet on Huntswood Lane in Taplow on Sunday July 3 last year.

He was caught by a passer-by during their afternoon walk in the woods.

The eyewitness saw how a number of men struggled at the back of the van before taking note of the van’s registration number.

They returned to the spot shortly after, where they saw a large roll of carpet left on the ground.

The member of the public then reported the fly-tipping to Buckinghamshire Council, whose fly-tipping enforcement team started an investigation.

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They found out the van was registered to Mr Shama who was interviewed.

He admitted that he had taken some friends to the location, and they had dumped the carpet from the van, although he denied actually dumping the waste himself.

The High Wycombe Magistrates Court handed him a £461 fine, a £184 surcharge and £1,126.74 costs.

Buckinghamshire Council’s cabinet member for climate change and environment Gareth Williams said: “This case shows that Buckinghamshire Council takes all reports of fly-tipping seriously and with the help of eagle-eyed members of the public, like the gentleman in this case, we will seek to prosecute offenders. You can’t pull the rug from under us when it comes to fly-tipping in Bucks!”