dump truck who dropped 51 tons of tires in car parks and wastelands around Glasgow were imprisoned for 11 months.
Declan Clark, 30, from Dumbarton collected tires from garages. for £1 to £2 each and then threw them away on wasteland.
The vast majority were dropped at Dulsetter Crescent, in Drumchapel and caused a fire in July 2020, due to which there was so much smoke that flights at Glasgow Airport were disrupted.
Two days later, the remains were cleared away by Glasgow City Council workers. found the wreckage consisted of 51 tons of tires and 17 tons of household waste.
Another 500 tires were dropped at the Gartloch farm, near Hartkosch to the east. of Glasgow, 8 to 22 October 2020 – with more tires are stored on November 13 there year.
Clark was captured on CCTV, and when the police searched his address, he was found hiding under the bed.
During the search A. key for another rented van was found and vehicle – parked outside his apartment was found full of tires.
BUT mobile a phone was seized that contained messages between Clark and the owners of vehicle garages.
AT one message, Clarke said, “It’s getting a little hot to get rid of of them.”
He was not associated with fire.
Clark pleaded guilty to stockpiling controlled waste, namely used tires. on or in land other than in conformity with waste management license in violation of Environmental Protection Act 1990, at the previous hearing in April.
He was sentenced to 11 months behind bars when he showed up at Glasgow Sheriff’s Court for sentencing on This was announced on Wednesday by the royal administration.
Declan Clark got caught on Video surveillance at the Hartloch farm, near Hartkosch
The accusers said cost of cleaning up The Dalsetter Crescent cost £7,245.16 while the estimated cost of cleaning up Gartloch Farm costs £120,000 and another £2,800 for disposal. of the rest of the tires.
Sergeant Nigel McDonald of Police Scotland subsequently stated that Clarke was an “adventurer”. criminal using his illegitimate business collect tons of trash for fee before just throwing them through city”.
He added: “Not only is it over up cost significant amounts for authorities clear upbut there has been serious and long-term environmental damage to a number of of places where tires or waste have been piled up and set on fire.”
Sergeant McDonald said that although it was “highly unusual for fly tipping cases like it to result in deprivation of liberty”, which showed “the seriousness of Clark’s Repeated Crimes”
Dalsetter Crescent in Drumchapel, Glasgow
Speaking after Clark’s sentencing, Fiona Caldwell, CFO for wildlife and environment crime said: “Fly rollover causes in public real and legitimate concern.
“It criminal behavior that causes eyesores and costly to clear up as well as one that the local council must often bear.”
