A MAN who hired a van to dump a pile of boxes in a residential area in Burtonwood has been ordered to pay more than £600.

Daniel Murray of St Peters Way in St Helens, pleaded guilty to a fly-tipping offence from December 2017.

The 35-year-old was caught after a resident of Broad Lane noticed a pile of boxes left in a layby opposite their home.

The resident checked her CCTV and witnessed a man using a white Ford Transit hire van pull up to the layby at 8.50am that day.

The CCTV showed a man walking around the other side of the vehicle.

On returning to the van and driving away, a pile of boxes was revealed which were not there previous to the incident.

Using the CCTV evidence from the resident, authorities were able to make a data protection request to the local hire firm the van was from.

The firm checked their records for details on who was in control of the hire van at the time of the incident.

Using the van’s tracker, the firm and authorities were able to identify Murray as the driver and fly-tipper.

Murray was invited to attend an interview under caution, but he did not respond.

When attending court on Wednesday, June 5 he pleaded guilty to the offence.

He was fined £113 and ordered to pay £500 in court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Cllr Judith Guthrie said: “This is another successful conviction of a fly-tipping offence in Warrington.

“Fly-tipping not only blights our environment, but impacts on our communities. Illegally disposing of waste is unacceptable and we will take action against people who fail to dispose of their waste using the proper methods.”

You can report incidents of fly-tipping on the Warrington Borough Council website.