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Wiltshire Council secure convictions against organised fly-tipping gang after covert camera operation
An organised fly-tipping gang has recently been convicted for fly-tipping and burning waste at Winchester Crown Court following a three-month covert camera operation and investigation by Wiltshire Council environmental enforcement officers.
The offenders were caught dumping large amounts of green waste, household waste and white goods.
On 18 November 2022 at Winchester Crown Court, fines and costs were handed out to the gang totalling £14,500. Shane Griggs of Bracken Road, North Baddesley, Hampshire; Jason Castle of Wellow Wood Road, West Wellow, Hampshire; and Daniel Whittaker of Magnolia Walk, Abbotswood Hampshire; were convicted of depositing controlled waste (fly-tipping) on land with no environmental permit.
Also convicted were Luke Edwards of Verwood Road, Wimborne, Dorset; and Michael Whittaker of Meadow Close, West Wellow, Hampshire, who are Directors of Romsey & Chandlers Ford Tree & Landscaping Services. They were convicted of a more serious offence of operating a regulated facility on land without an environmental permit by burning waste, including a fridge. Edwards, Griggs and Michael Whittaker were all residents at the Lode Hill Traveller Site, Downton, Wiltshire at the time of the offences.
All offenders were all part of several different tree and landscaping firms who collected all types of waste as part of their business activity and were filmed over a three-month period on an access road leading to a traveller site at Lode Hill near Downton. The offenders were using the site access road as their own waste dumping ground. Much of the waste was burnt, including green waste, a fridge, carpet and general waste, causing environmental damage to the surrounding area.