London's worst flytipper caged
ONE of the country s most prolific fly-tippers - who is responsible for dumping hundreds of thousands of tyres - was jailed for four months yesterday (Monday). Malcolm Regan, 44, of Chariot Close, Bow, led a gang of fly-tippers for more than half a decade
ONE of the country's most prolific fly-tippers - who is responsible for dumping hundreds of thousands of tyres - was jailed for four months yesterday (Monday).
Malcolm Regan, 44, of Chariot Close, Bow, led a gang of fly-tippers for more than half a decade.
He coordinated a sophisticated operation in which huge numbers of tyres were illegally dumped in Tower Hamlets, Newham and the surrounding areas.
The dumping cost more than one million pounds to clean up and caused major fire and pollution hazards.
You may also want to watch:
Tower Hamlets Council's Local Environment Teams worked closely with their counterparts in Newham, Islington and the Environment Agency, to gather evidence on Regan's fly-tipping ring.
Using CCTV they were able to trace vehicles that dumped the tyres back to Regan.
Most Read
- 1 Teenager found dead in Victoria Park
- 2 Driver arrested after police 'drugs patrol' stops car in Whitechapel
- 3 Two in five people in Tower Hamlets may have had Covid-19
- 4 'I can save the planet with my seaweed' scientist in east London claims
- 5 Disgraceful management of the pandemic
- 6 Drug and alcohol abuse by Tower Hamlets parents and children soars
- 7 'Laptop bonanza' for schoolchildren in Poplar to help survive lockdown gloom
- 8 Post deliveries in east London hit by Covid crisis among Royal Mail staff
- 9 That's so raven: Everything you need to know about the guardians of the Tower
- 10 Pressure on government to provide laptops for lockdown learning
Judge David Martineau jailed Regan and gave his accomplices, Michael Briggs, 29, of Temple Street, Hackney, and Anthony Gustave, 32, of Amhurst Road, Hackney, suspended sentences after they each admitted two counts of depositing controlled waste on 20 May and 21 May, last year.
In addition to their suspended sentences Briggs was ordered to carry out 120 hours' unpaid work and to pay �250 costs and Gustave was told to keep to a four-month curfew between 8pm and 6am.
Regan was given a 10 year ASBO earlier this year banning him from transporting controlled waste, including tyres, anywhere in England and Wales until 2020. If he breaches the ASBO he faces a fine and up to five years in prison.
