Man fined for fly-tipping twice

A man who fly-tipped household waste twice in the space of four months has been fined by magistrates.

Mark Smith is the latest offender to be named and shamed as part of Peterborough City Council's Love Where You Live campaign aimed at tackling fly-tipping and littering.

On 22 June 2025, Smith was caught on CCTV unloading sofas and cushions from a van before dumping them on a verge in Oxney Road and driving away.

On 14 October 2025, officers received a report of flooring, cardboard and other waste dumped on a verge beside the A605 in Stanground. They traced the waste back to a property in Farcet where Smith had been paid to remove it and later fly-tipped it.

Smith, of Bath Road, Eye, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 27 October and pleaded guilty to two charges of fly-tipping. He was fined £1,230 with no separate penalty for the second offence, as well as being ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £492 and costs of £952.11.