A ‘DISGRACEFUL’ fly-tipper who was caught on camera by Bromsgrove District Council officers has been fined £400 and ordered to pay clean-up costs of £120.

Edward Power, 40, of Fairwood Road, Northfield, appeared at Redditch Magistrates Court on January 19 and entered guilty pleas to two offences of fly-tipping on June 17/18 2016.

Power said he tried to take the waste to Lifford Way Waste Site but hadn’t got the appropriate licence.

He said he did not know the area so his passenger directed him to the Icknield Street location.

CCTV had been installed in this fly-tipping hot-spot in May 2016 and as part of routine inspections officers visited the site on June 21.

They found a large quantity of waste which consisted of wood, furniture and general waste.

On examining the SD cards taken from the camera and from the recording taken at 7.20pm on June 17, they saw a blue van pull up to the location.

Two men then proceeded to unload a large quantity of waste and deposit it in the layby.

The recording also showed the same vehicle returned at 11.28am the following day, and again a large quantity of waste was deposited by two men.

Power took full responsibility for the offence.

Magistrates fined £200 on each offence, £120 compensation, £100 towards the prosecution costs and victim surcharge of £30, resulting in a total of £650.

In passing sentence the magistrates said that Power’s actions were “disgraceful” and that he had “desecrated the countryside”.

A Bromsgrove District Council spokesman said: “We live in a beautiful part of Worcestershire and fly-tipping will not be tolerated.

“We will continue to invest in deterrents and to use evidence to aid successful prosecutions which could end in custodial sentences.”