A KEBAB shop owner has been fined after dumping raw meat in residents’ bins.

The Turkish Delight Kebab House, in Preston Road, Brighton, was fined £1,650 after a city council enforcement officer discovered raw and cooked chicken breasts, skewers of raw and cooked lamb doner meat, salads, menus and advertising leaflets in residents’ bins.

The shop, owned by Brighton-based company Globay Limited, was given a fixed penalty notice of £300 which it had to pay for wrongly disposed in residential bins and told to produce a certificate within 14 days.

By law, businesses are required to hold a special certificate and arrange the safe and legal storage, removal and disposal of the recycling and refuse they create.

However it failed to show a certificate on time and was given another £300 fine, which it did not pay.

At Brighton Magistrates' Court, the company was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of £1000 with £550 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.

Councillor Gill Mitchell, chair of the council's environment, transport and sustainability committee, said: “This case shows that companies who dump waste illegally will be caught. If they don’t pay their original fine we won’t hesitate in escalating the case to the courts, and the fines and costs will be far greater than the original fine.

“Even if you operate a business from your home or you work as a mobile trader, like a burger van, gardener or builder, the recycling and refuse you produce is classified as business waste.

“Our advice to companies is ‘dispose of your waste legally to ensure you avoid breaking the law’.”