Suspended 8 Week Prison Sentence For Dunstable Fly-Tipper

A man from Quarry Walk in Dunstable has received an 8-week prison sentence (suspended for 12 months) after pleading guilty to four offences of fly-tipping in locations across Central Bedfordshire. When sentencing the offender on 22nd February at Luton Magistrates Court, the judge said he considered the offences so serious that they exceed the custody threshold due to the number of incidents, and the fact that the offences were committed for commercial gain. The offender is subject to an electronic curfew for two months between 7pm to 7am, and is not to leave his house between these hours. The man is also subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for five years. A CBO is an order designed to tackle the most serious and persistent anti-social individuals whose behaviour has brought them before a criminal court. An investigation was started when Central Bedfordshire Council received two reports of fly-tipping in December 2016. The council investigated offences on Sewell L