A shameless litterer has been fined after dumping rubbish from her Fiat Punto onto a street just outside the city centre.
Keighley Whyte, 27, of Tartan Street, Clayton, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at a hearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court last Friday (March 4). She has been ordered to pay a total of £614 for the offence.
Whyte was caught on council CCTV driving into New Viaduct Street next to the Etihad football stadium on June 11 2020. The car parked up and two females got out of the car, dumped rubbish onto the side of the road, and then drove off.
Waste management company Biffa, working on behalf of Manchester City Council, 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 the rubbish was registered to Whyte.
Whyte failed to attend an initial court hearing for the offence with a warrant being issued leading to her arrest.
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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