A couple who were caught fly-tipping rubbish left over from refurbishing their home were ordered to pay £2,192 by Bradford Magistrates
The couple recruited two younger members of their family to help them dump the waste from the back of vehicles after it had been left from renovation work.
Farzana Jabeen, 51 and her husband, Gulshad Khan, 52, of Upper Rushton Road, were each told to pay £1,096, including fines and legal costs, after pleading guilty to depositing controlled waste.
The court was told that following reports of a large quantity of building material being dumped on land in East Bowling, Bradford, the family were caught on CCTV three times fly-tipping building material at the location in April this year.
The two younger members of the family were not named in court but Bradford Council later confirmed they had each received a Fixed Penalty Notice of £300 for fly-tipping after agreeing that they were responsible.
Through legal representatives, the couple told the court that they had tried to take the building waste to the Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centre but it had been closed at the time.
On their way home they noticed an area of land where material had been dumped previously, and they decided to leave their waste there too. They were extremely apologetic about their actions.
Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Environment, Sport and Culture, said: “We want to send a loud and clear message to fly-tippers that we will do our upmost to catch them and put them before the courts.”
“There is never any legitimate excuse for dumping on other people’s doorsteps and we appreciate the help of the courts in our fight against this menace.”

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