\n Susan Wigglesworth, 65, of Victoria Street, Birstall, dumped\u00a0cardboard and plastic packaging from her car on Grange Road in\u00a0Batley.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following the fly-tipping incident on February 1, 2025, Kirklees Council enforcement officers traced the rubbish back to the resident through address labels.\n<\/p>\n
\n What started as a \u00a3300 fine for fly-tipping has escalated to a court prosecution and a total bill of \u00a31,436 in fines, costs, and surcharges.\n<\/p>\n
\n The offender had the chance to pay a \u00a3300 fixed penalty notice to avoid prosecution but failed to do so, Kirklees Council said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite warnings from a Council officer, Wigglesworth ignored the notice and was subsequently prosecuted.\n<\/p>\n
\n At Kirklees Magistrates\u2019 Court on August 27, 2025, she pleaded guilty to fly-tipping under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and received a \u00a3615 fine, \u00a3575 costs, and a \u00a3246 court surcharge.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Amanda Pinnock, cabinet member for communities and environment said: “This case is a clear warning to anyone who thinks they can ignore a fixed penalty notice.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A moderate fine quickly escalated into a prosecution and costs that have quadrupled \u2013 all of which could have been avoided.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Fly-tipping blights our community, harms residents\u2019 quality of life, and puts local wildlife at risk, and we are committed to a zero-tolerance approach and will continue to take action against offenders.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Susan Wigglesworth, 65, of Victoria Street, Birstall, dumped\u00a0cardboard and plastic packaging from her car on Grange Road in\u00a0Batley.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-394138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115139523705547083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}