FLY TIPPERS who targeted towns and villages in North Yorkshire have been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds in a series of prosecutions.

Andrew Campbell, 37, of no fixed abode, dumped household waste including children’s clothes, a mattress, rubble, cushions and plastic bags on land at Cridling Stubbs, Beal Lane, Selby, in February.

When interviewed under caution by staff at Selby District Council, Campbell admitted he had dumped the waste at the side of the road, but explained he had been disposing of it for a neighbour.

A spokesman for the council said: “We know that fly tipping causes real problems for people right across the district so it’s something we continue to crack down on.

“It is an environmental crime and is on the increase, particularly in rural areas such as Cridling Stubbs. We work with a range of others to tackle this issue, because it’s something we know is important.”

Campbell was ordered to pay £517 in costs and given a two-year conditional discharge by Selby Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

In a second case, 50-year-old Andrez Tuszynski, of The Haven, Selby, was ordered to pay court costs of £305 and given a 12-month conditional discharge, after he dumped several hundred restaurant menus in Selby Park in September.

The menus were discovered by a member of staff from Enterprise, which manages street scene services in the Selby area and which reported the matter to the council’s enforcement team, who investigated the offence.

When interviewed under caution by the council, Tuszynski admitted dumping the waste that he had been employed to deliver door-to-door in Selby and apologised. Tuszynski’s case was heard at Selby Magistrates Court on Tuesday, November 22.