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Call for cameras to stop fly-tippers
CCTV should be installed in the fly-tipping hotspot of Burberry Lane, near Leeds, as amatter of ur- gency, says a local clean-up cam- paigner. Maidstone Borough Council
launched a campaign against “waste crime” in April, using this image of the lane in February. It has been targeted hundreds of
times in recent years by illegal dumpers who leave building rub- ble, house contents, abandoned and burned-out caravans, gardenwaste, fire-damaged cars and rubble. But, MBC concedes, there has
never been a prosecution for of- fences in the road, which loops aroundLeeds village fromtheLeeds Castle estate to Langley. Nowparish andborough council-
lor Gill Fort is to lobby for a small proportion of £6,500 raised from council fixed penalty notices for cameras to be installed to catch of- fenders. She said: “You can’t create a de-
terrent if you are not prosecuting people for offences. “Fly-tippers target Burberry
Lane because it is not monitored, there is no CCTV and no enforce- ment. “I would welcome a proportion
of the cash to install some CCTV and start getting convictions for this horrible and antisocial activ- ity.” Jamie Duffy, senior waste crime
officer said: “We are sending a clear message that fly-tippers are notwelcome inMaidstone. “We’ll continue to issue fixed
penalty notices for all waste crime offences, we will seize vehicles from fly-tippers and waste crime offenders and we will not accept
waste crime anywhere in the bor- ough.” MBC’s waste crime team has is-
sued 21warnings in relation to fly- tipping and waste accumulations, and 15 legal notices forwaste crime offences. The income from 27 fixed
penalty notices currently stands at £6,480, which has been reinvested into local communities to increase bin provisions and to buy new equipment, such as covert CCTV cameras, to assist in the fight against fly-tippers. Two vehicles have also been
seized, one ofwhich has nowbeen crushed. An MBC spokesman said:
“Householders and business own- ers are being warned about the risks of using non-registeredwaste carriers. Remember, if an offer looks too good to be true, it proba- bly is.”
Arson suspect arrested
AMAIDSTONEman has been arrested following a number of sus- pected arson offences in the town. Officers received five separate calls of arson incidents in the
town inmid-April. The first was a small fire in a stairway in TheMall multi-storey
car park. Police were alerted at 12.17amonApril 16. Over the next hour, further callswere received about fires in rub-
bish bins in Hayle Road andArmstrong Road. There were also reports of two parked cars on fire in Campbell
Road in the early hours ofApril 17. A 24-year-oldman was arrested on suspicion of arson on Thurs-
day,April 19, andwas later bailed to return to the police station on May 16. Investigators are asking anyonewith information thatmay help
their enquiries into the fires to call 01622 604100, quoting reference 17-0091. Alternatively, they can contact the Kent Crimestoppers service anonymously on 0800 555111.
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