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Chatham fly-tipper fined £848 after bathtub full of bin bags found in Otway Street

17:49, 30 August 2022

updated: 17:59, 30 August 2022

A fly-tipper has been slapped with an £800 fine after dumping a bath filled with black bags.

Medway Council took action after the rubbish was left in Otway Street, Chatham, in October last year.

A bathtub filled with rubbish bags was found in Otway Street, Chatham. Picture: Medway Council
A bathtub filled with rubbish bags was found in Otway Street, Chatham. Picture: Medway Council

After searching the waste, found near Cromwell Terrace, officers from the local authority found a torn letter addressed to Juraj Strojka in the same street.

The 44-year-old was issued with a fixed penalty notice (FPN) of £200, which would reduce to £120 if paid within 10 days.

Stojka failed to pay the FPN and was sent a reminder in November 2021. When he did not act the case was taken to court.

Stojka pleaded guilty to fly-tipping the bath and household waste at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, August 19.

He was fined him £120 and ordered to pay £294 investigation costs, legal costs of £400 and a victim surcharge of £34, totalling £848.

'Dumping any amount of waste is completely unacceptable...'

Cllr Jane Chitty, Medway Council’s portfolio holder covering enforcement, said: “We take fly-tipping extremely seriously, dumping any amount of waste is completely unacceptable and can lead to fines, or in this case, prosecution.

"We all have a responsibility to keep where we live, work, learn and visit clean and tidy and to dispose of our waste responsibly.

"Fly-tipping is not tolerated in Medway and I would like to thank residents for continuing to report incidents to us.”

You can report any fly-tipping to the council heremedway.gov.uk/flytipping.

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