Sudbury man with 20 shopping trolleys and 'chest height' rubbish fined
The trolleys were often blocking an alleyway
A Sudbury man has been handed more than £4,500 in fines and charges after 20 stolen shopping trollies and piles of rubbish were found at his council house.
Justin Dyer, aged 43, formerly of Talbot Road, was sentenced at South East Suffolk Magistrates Court in Ipswich on Tuesday (March 21).
Mr Dyer, was also prosecuted by Suffolk Police and Babergh District Council in a joint action last year for animal cruelty and unlicensed breeding of dogs.
In January 2021, the council started to receive complaints about household waste and abandoned shopping trolleys being left at the side of his property, often blocking an alleyway.
Despite communications from the council, the rubbish continued to accumulate, and a Community Protection Notice was served, requiring him to clear the waste beside his house and return the supermarket trolleys.
Mr Dyer failed to act, and ignored a subsequent Fixed Penalty Notice fine issued as a result.
By January 2022 the waste was found to be at chest height and an Abatement Notice was served – with a local supermarket collecting 20 trolleys from the property.
In February Mr Dyer was arrested in relation to other offences and was interviewed by officers about the waste, for which he was unable to give a valid reason as to why he had not complied with either Notice.
The situation continued until March 2022.
Mr Dyer had previously entered a not guilty plea but failed to attend Tuesday’s hearing.
In his absence, the court found Mr Dyer guilty of failing to comply with both the Community Protection Notice and the Abatement Notice and issued him with charges made up of £300 in fines and £4,285.87 in costs.
Mr Dyer is no longer living at the property, which has since been cleaned and re-let to new tenants.