Fine for woman who paid to have rubbish removed

A WOMAN has been left £400 out of pocket after almost 20 bags of waste were dumped in a village.

- ROB HARRIES

Fifteen black bags and four recycling bags, all containing general household waste, a cardboard box, a plastic kennel, a black plastic bin and general loose waste, were all left near homes in Penrhys, Rhondda.

According to the local council, Tyler Marie Richards, from Bridge Street in Tonypandy, paid someone in good faith to have the waste removed. The bins were discovered and Richards was tracked down.

However, she failed to engage with enforcement officers from Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) County Council and didn't attend a number of interviews in relation to the fly-tipping.