Disgrace of woman hurling rubbish into alley
THIS is the shocking moment a woman is caught chucking bags of rubbish into an alley behind her house.
The images released yesterday capture Rahimo Mahamud, 50, as she fly-tips in Moss Side, Manchester.
She pushes the black bins bags over her back wall and lets them lie in the back alley.
The photos were taken by an angry neighbour who spotted her dumping the waste and reported her to Manchester City Council last June.
An investigation was launched but Mahamud failed to respond to opportunities for interviews.
She later admitted fly-tipping and was fined a total of £685 by Manchester magistrates.
In another fly-tipping outrage, a rogue waste collector was fined more than £600 for dumping a fridge, carpet and bin bags full of rubbish.
William O’Donnell, 54, of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, lent his van to an associate knowing it would be used for fly-tipping.
Manchester Council officers found the fridge, filled with 10 bin bags and with a carpet placed on top, on waste land in Northenden in January last year.
An investigation was launched and officers traced the dumped rubbish’s owner, who revealed he had innocently paid cash to a “man with a van” who had promised to dispose of the waste properly.
When he gave the van’s registration to investigators, they traced O’Donnell as the vehicle’s owner. He admitted allowing his van to be used for fly-tipping and also admitted that he knew his associate did not own a licence to transport and dispose of waste.
On February 1, Manchester magistrates fined O’Donnell £140 and told him to pay £450 costs and a victim surcharge of £30.
Councillor Nigel Murphy, the city council’s executive member for neighbourhoods, said yesterday: “These cases show that by working together, we can catch and punish unscrupulous fly-tippers.
“It causes real anger in our communities when waste is illegally dumped, so we welcome any information that helps us to track down those responsible. Our dedicated team will investigate all reported fly-tipping incidents.”