A BUTCHER has been fined more than £5,000 after maggots were found on food waste he had illegally dumped in communal bins outside his home.

Hamed Ahmed, aged 41, left more waste in the bins even after council officers told him he was committing an offence.

Ahmed, of Quality Halal Meats, in Deane Road, admitted at Bolton Magistrates' Court to putting the bloody food wrappings and other items in the bins outside his home in nearby Thornbank East.

In August last year Bolton Council was asked to investigate by Bolton at Home after caretakers found large amounts of business waste in the communal bin compound at the flats where Mr Ahmed lived.

So much waste had been dumped there it was preventing other residents disposing of their waste properly.

An enforcement officer monitored the situation for several weeks and found paperwork and till receipts for Quality Halal Meats.

They also found bundles of white plastic wrapping covered in blood that had been left in and around the bins.

The officer also found butchers’ equipment, trays, loose paper and food waste, which had attracted maggots.

The waste was then traced to Ahmed who admitted taking it home from his business.

He was informed that he was committing offences but left more waste in the compound.

Ahmed pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates’ Court on January 15 to five counts of breaching his duty of care by allowing waste to escape his control, three counts of fly-tipping and four counts of illegally transporting business waste.

He was fined £5,205 and has been ordered to pay costs of £1,035 and a victim surcharge of £170.

Bolton Council’s Executive Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, Cllr Nick Peel, said: “There is no excuse for dumping rubbish in this way. This waste attracted maggots which is unacceptable and unfair to other residents who had to put up with it.

“Most of our businesses dispose of their waste responsibly but we will continue to work closely with our partners to crack down those who fail to do so.

“We are pleased with the substantial fine; it sends a clear message that we will prosecute those who blight our neighbourhoods.”

Another resident has also been fined for dumping rubbish.

Zsaneta Stojkova, of Mayor Street, Bolton, was fined £220 and ordered to pay costs of £300 and a £30 victim surcharge after dumping a table, a chair, a unit, carpet, clothes, wood and rubbish behind her home.

She was initially issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice by an enforcement officer but did not pay.

Stojkova was proved to be guilty in absence at Bolton Magistrates’ Court on January 15 of illegally depositing waste.

The convictions are the latest gained by Bolton Council in its crackdown on fly-tipping.

Flytipping can be reported online www.bolton.gov.uk/flytipping.