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."