Bucks fly-tipper who dumped rubbish in playgrounds, parks and people's driveways is jailed

Dean Stanley has had his van seized and has been sent to prison for 21 months for 17 different fly-tipping incidents in just one year – 16 in Buckinghamshire and neighbouring Hillingdon, and one in Sutton.

Stanley would collect rubbish, including electrical items, furniture, kitchen units, doors, beds, mattresses and building waste from different residential and commercial sites and would dump it wherever he could, including along the A40 in Denham, Love Green Lane in Iver and in Little Missenden.

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He would even opportunistically approach people where he saw building work taking place to offer to take the waste away for them.

He would also dump waste that he had removed from homes where he was contracted to carry out building works himself.

Stanley would dump the mounds of rubbish in public spaces including parks, children’s playgrounds and grass verges by the road – but even tossed some waste outside people’s homes or in their driveways, with many people having to spend their own cash to get it cleared properly.

Rubbish Dean Stanley dumped in Love Green Lane, Iver

But the bungling fly-tipper was eventually caught out because he gave his own name, mobile phone number and bank details to those he took waste away from.

Two distinctive Ford Transit-style tipper vans – one white and another red – that he used to offload the waste were also linked to Stanley through insurance and DVLA records, and were seen by a string of eyewitnesses and even CCTV either taking the rubbish away or dumping it.

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Buckinghamshire Council, Hillingdon Council and Sutton Council all worked together as part of a major investigation to bring a joint prosecution against Stanley and he was sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on Friday, February 25.

Pleading guilty to 17 counts of fly-tipping, Stanley was given 21-months for each of the 16 crimes in Bucks and Hillingdon, to run concurrently, and a 14-month sentence for the fly-tipping in Sutton, also to run concurrently.

Judge Miss Recorder B Dhaliwal, who slammed Stanley for his “deliberate and flagrant” fly-tipping, also ordered the seizure of his van.

A second defendant, Bradley Caswell, was sentenced for one fly-tipping offence in Sutton. He received a £500 fine and was ordered to pay £720 compensation, court costs of £500 plus a court surcharge. The judge slammed his behaviour as “reckless”.

The judge acknowledged Stanley's actions caused "considerable inconvenience, nuisance, expense and environmental damage" and gave her thanks to the three local authorities for their work in bringing him to justice, adding: "The long, meticulous and tenacious investigation by officers at all three local authorities, and the work of the council lawyers putting this case together, has been hugely impressive and assisted me greatly.

“Thank you for all your efforts. I hope you feel justice was done today as a result of those efforts."

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Peter Strachan, Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment, said he was “horrified” by the “vile and selfish nature” of Stanley’s crimes. He said: “I’m pleased to see that the perpetrators have been caught and brought to justice with the combined efforts of our team here in Bucks and colleagues in Hillingdon and Sutton.

“Custodial sentences are not handed out lightly but the fact the judge sentenced in this way demonstrates the serious nature of the crime.

“This should be a warning to other fly-tippers that wherever and however you commit this abhorrent crime, we will identify and prosecute you."