Court success is warning to residents

A sleuthing Wychavon resident has helped with a successful prosecution of a Broadway man who dumped litter off Clayfield Road in South Littleton.

The resident discovered the litter, which contained plastic bags, letters, junk mail and plastic cups and pieced together the letter discovering incriminating evidence which could be used by Wychavon.

The letter identified Mr Stephens from School Road, Broadway (DOB: 21.10.89). Wychavon approached Mr Stephens who was invited to interview twice, so Wychavon could get to the bottom of the littering, and to give Mr Stephen’s the opportunity to defend himself, but he failed to make any contact at all. 

Mr Stephens failed to respond to requests and was sent a fixed penalty notice for £75, which again he failed to pay. Wychavon were left with no choice but to take him to court (on 21 June) who found him guilty and fined him £500 plus costs making a total of £1,010.

Dave Roberts, Environmental Crime Officer at Wychavon said “Ensuring our parks, streets and open spaces are kept clean and tidy is very important to us and our residents. However, taking our residents to court is a last resort and we would much prefer to work with people and take the opportunity to educate them about flytipping and littering than fine them.”