Man fined for dumping asbestos roof tiles in ditch

A man who admitted dumping corrugated roof sheets containing asbestos into a ditch has been ordered to pay more than £4,000.

Gunpreet Singh Chatha threw the waste into a layby in Wexham, on the A412 Uxbridge Road in Buckinghamshire, on 22 March.

Buckinghamshire Council said Mr Chatha had told police he was paid £200 to remove it after replacing a garage roof for a customer, but had been "reprimanded by his wife" when he initially took it home.

The 46-year-old, from Hayes, west London, was sentenced at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on 20 August.

The council said he was caught on CCTV, which showed a man throwing waste into a ditch and then driving off in a vehicle.

Carl Jackson, Conservative cabinet member for environment, climate change and waste, said: "To dump any sort of waste, let alone toxic materials like those dumped in this case, is a reckless and selfish act."

Mr Chatha pleaded guilty to deposing of controlled waste, namely a broken corrugated roof sheeting which contained asbestos.

He was fined £923, ordered to pay costs of £2927.79 and a victim surcharge of £369.

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