Five people taken to court for fly tipping in Bolton

Fly tipping and dropping of litter in Bolton is said to be a huge issue.

With the council and litter-picking groups seeking to combat the dumping of rubbish in the town, some perpetrators are being taken through the courts for their offences. 

Lajos Kovacs, aged 64, pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates' Court to dumping a fridge freezer on land at the rear of Venice Street, Daubhill, on August 30 last year. 

Kovacs, of Laurel Court, was ordered to pay costs of £1401, fined £85 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £34 on January 27. 

Brenda Dwyer, aged 75, pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates' to dumping a carpet and a "checked linen bag". 

Dwyer, of Newport Mews, Farnworth, left the rubbish on nearby St Peter's Terrace on April 13 last year. 

On February 24, she was fined £150, ordered to pay a surcharge of £60 and costs of £400. 

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Bradley Dixon, aged 41, pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates' to dumping three black bags of waste at the rear of Willows Lane, Deane, on January 29 last year. 

Dixon, of Willows Lane, was fined £250, ordered to pay a surcharge of £100 and costs of £150. 

Vivien Kolompar dumped a bag of domestic waste at the front of a property on Metfield Place, off Chorley Old Road, on July 18 last year. 

Kolompar, of Metfield Place, was fined £250, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £100 and costs of £299.20 on February 24. 

The case was proved at Bolton Magistrates' in her absence. 

Miroslav Rafaj dumped a bag of domestic waste at the rear of Chorley Old Road on February 15 last year. 

Rafaj, of Oxford Grove, Halliwell, was fined £440, ordered to pay a surcharge of £176 and costs of £707 on January 27. 

The case was proved at Bolton Magistrates' in his absence.