A brazen litter lout dumped rubbish from her Fiat Punto onto a street near Manchester City's football ground. Keighley Whyte was caught on CCTV as she and two women unloaded the piles of waste from the car and left them on the street just outside the city centre.
The 27-year-old has now pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at a hearing on March 4 at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court and was ordered to pay £614 for the offence. Council CCTV captured Whyte, from Clayton, Manchester, driving into New Viaduct Street, next to the Etihad Stadium on June 11 2020.
The car parked up and two females got out and dumped rubbish onto the side of the road before driving off again. Pictures showed the extent of the litter which was strewn across the street.
Waste management company Biffa visited the site the next day and evidence from the dumped rubbish linked back to Whyte. Further investigation then showed that the Fiat Punto used to fly-tip was registered to Whyte.
A warrant was issued for Whyte's arrest after she failed to attend an initial court hearing for the offence, reports Manchester Evening News. Now the council is warning others who might want to fly-tip that they will be prosecuted if caught.
Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar, Manchester City Council's executive member for Neighbourhoods, said: "This is an environmental crime that doesn't make sense on any level. Not only is it an unnecessary cost to the council, and hence the taxpayer, it was an expensive way for this woman to get rid of rubbish when she could have taken it for free to a local tip.
"Once again, we want to send a message to anyone who thinks they can get away with blighting our environment, we will not tolerate fly-tipping in the city, and we will continue to bring prosecutions to court to show that this behaviour is not acceptable in our city."
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