A man has been fined after being captured on camera ​fly-tipping a bed and mattress.

Lawrence Joseph Rooney, age 25, was captured dumping waste comprising of a divan bed base and mattress on Crow Piece Lane in Burnham in August 2019.

Following checks, it was discovered that the vehicle was shown to be insured in Rooney’s name. 

Rooney was interviewed under caution by council investigators but denied dumping the waste and claimed that he had sold the vehicle to a man who looked just like him.

He said he would check to see if he could provide the new owner’s phone number but was never able to do so.

District Judge Dodds found Rooney’s evidence unconvincing, describing it as "hopeless, entirely unbelievable and vague" and found him guilty of the dumping offence.

Rooney was fined £750 for dumping the waste and was ordered to pay clean-up, investigation and legal costs of £250 and a victim surcharge of £75, making a total of £1,075.

Peter Strachan, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment said: "This man flagrantly dumped waste in Buckinghamshire and tried to get away with it.

"Buckinghamshire Council has a zero-tolerance policy against fly-tipping and we use a range of different means to catch people red-handed.

"So, the message is clear, don’t fly-tip, it’s illegal and if caught you will be prosecuted.”