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A FLYTIPPER has paid a hefty price after being taken to court by North Somerset Council.
Victor Rotundu, 30, pleaded guilty to depositing controlled waste in Long Ashton when he appeared at North Somerset Magistrates' Court .
The court heard that Rotundu, of Cobham Drive, Bristol, dumped 11 fridge/freezers in or on land at Yanley Lane without the authority of a current environmental permit under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Magistrates slapped a £200 fine on him and ordered him to pay an £80 victim surcharge, along with costs of £1,238.
He was told to pay his total court bill of £1,518 at a rate of £50 a month starting from January 14.
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