News Back garden used as dumping ground
A Goole woman has been given a conditional discharge after failing to remove rotting food and dog faeces from her back garden.
Danyell Marshall (24), of Jackson Street, appeared at Goole Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
At a previous hearing she had been found guilt of failing to comply with an enforcement notice to clear a large amount of waste from her back garden.
The notice was served under section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 after Environmental Control Officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council found large piles of domestic waste, including rotting food and dog faeces, in the rear garden.
It comes around 18 months after Miss Marshall was found guilty of a similar offence at her previous property on Percy Street, Old Goole. On that occasion Miss Marshall was ordered to pay out £970 in total.
This week magistrates gave her a two-year conditional discharge.
Speaking after the hearing Paul Abbott, Environmental Control Manager for the council, said: "The council takes matters such as this very seriously. All householders have a duty of care to dispose of their waste properly, and the council will use its powers to get nuisance accumulations removed.
"Rubbish of this type can be a breeding ground for pests, as well as causing nuisance odours for neighbours, so there's no excuse for letting your property get this bad."
Published on 25th October 2007 in News.
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