Fly-tipping penalties 'do not fit the crime'

Court fines ‘undermine’ council efforts

- BY STEPH SPYRO Environment Editor

COURT fines for fly-tipping must be urgently reviewed as they can undercut the penalties dished out by local authorities, councils have demanded.

The Local Government Association wants the government and the Sentencing Council to examine guidelines after figures showed that offenders prosecuted through the courts are often fined less than the penalties councils can issue directly.