A REPEAT flytipper has been banned from driving and will have to carry out 300 hours of community service.

Lee Mallows, of London Road, Hailsham, has also been given a six-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty at Hastings Magistrates’ Court last earlier this month.

Wealden District Council staff were able to identify Mallows as the culprit for three flytipping incidents that took place during 2015 and 2016.

They included blocking up the Cuckoo Trail car park in Hellingly with building waste brought from London.

In other incidents, waste from a local business was dumped along Ailies Lane in East Hoathly, polluting a nearby pond on private land.

Mallows was also caught on CCTV dumping a van load of waste on private land in Station Road in Hailsham.

The 23-year-old was banned from the road for 12 months.

“The sentence reflected the serious nature of the offences and the impact they had on the residents of Wealden,” said Councillor Ann Newton, Cabinet member with responsibility for environment and conservation.

“Mr Mallows was earning money illegally by taking away other people’s waste and then dumping it in the countryside. I would urge all householders and businesses to make sure they use a registered waste carrier when getting someone to dispose of their waste.”

Mallows was also ordered to pay £400 towards the council’s costs along with a £115 victim surcharge.