A FLYTIPPER must pay £1,000 for dumping waste
Essam Bakarat, of Hove, was fined £440 and told to pay £500 in compensation for flytipping near the Upperton Barn Visitors Centre at Wiggonholt, Pulborough.
Bakarat must also pay a £44 victim surcharge and £85 costs. He was fined on July 28 for the offence, which he committed in April last year.
Cllr Philip Circus, cabinet member for Waste Recycling and Cleansing at Horsham District Council, said: "The district council has a zero tolerance approach to environmental crime such as fly-tipping and as this successful conviction proves, we will actively pursue offenders and prosecute them accordingly.
"Clearing up after fly-tippers alone, costs the council some £80,000 a year.
"This particular case represents our commitment to tackling this practice and sends out a clear message to those who act illegally.
"We openly encourage the general public to report any instances to us so that our enforcement team can investigate them."
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