A man has been fined nearly £4,000 for dumping a van-load of cardboard boxes on the A303 that did not belong to him.
Mohammed Hawkar of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, left rubbish in a lay-by near Winterbourne Stoke. The waste was linked to a Yeovil business whose van he had borrowed; the owner said the van returned empty despite being loaned full of his own waste.
Hawkar pleaded guilty to fly-tipping on a public highway and was fined £3,950. Wiltshire Council emphasized its zero-tolerance approach to environmental crime.
