Natural Resources Wales | Two men have been sentenced for illegally dumping waste on farmland in Cardiff following a successful prosecution by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
Kyle Gordon Mason and John Brian Janes were sentenced at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to waste offences.
Mr. Mason, 46 from Dickens Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff, was sentenced to 14 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £200 in costs to NRW, and an undisclosed victim surcharge.
Mr. Janes, 52 from New Road, Rumney, Cardiff, was sentenced at an earlier hearing and ordered to pay a fine of £500, £750 in costs to NRW, and a victim surcharge of £200.
In 2021, NRW started an investigation following the dumping of mixed household, building and green waste in three fields near the St Mellons Business Park in Cardiff. Some of this land is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Multiple van loads were found in three fields owned by three different landowners, and evidence relating to both defendants and the businesses Mr. Mason was director of was found in the waste.
The investigation continued into 2022. Surveillance footage was obtained by Liberton Investigations on 10 June 2022 showing a transit flatbed vehicle with number plates removed drive into one of the fields carrying what appeared to be waste and leave empty.
Mr. Mason and Mr. Janes were interviewed during the investigation but denied the waste offences. However, due to the evidence collected against them, they later pleaded guilty in court.
Mr. Mason pleaded guilty to dumping five van loads of waste in these fields and Mr. Janes pleaded guilty to dumping a bag of household waste.
