Moment Council Officers Catch Fly-tipper Dumping ASBESTOS Near A Park

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This is the moment a fly-tipper dumping asbestos near a park was caught by council officers.
Father-of-two Nathan Cossey left five piles of rubbish near Colwick Park in Nottingham, with one heap containing asbestos. 
Nottingham Crown Court heard that Cossey dumped the rubbish over a two-week period starting in August 2018. 
City Council officers examined one heap and found it included fridge freezers. 
An eight-month prison term, suspended for 18 months, was imposed on Cossey, from Aspley. 
He must carry out 200 hours community work and pay £5,000 towards the specialist removal of the rubbish.
Nathan Cossey, caught on camera flytipping.

He has been ordered to pay £5,000 to remove the rubbish he dumped
An eight-month prison term, suspended for 18 months, was also imposed on Cossey, from Aspley
Cossey was told by a judge: 'Frankly, you could not have cared less.
'You were despoiling the environment, the countryside, and that is an amenity we all share,' said Judge James Sampson. 
On one occasion, Cossey was seen in a van as the officers were leaving the site.
He told them he was looking for scrap and was seeking a licence from them, said Miss King.
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One of Cossey's customers had been traced. He paid £230 for the removal of some waste - then handed him £200 to cart some more away.
She added: 'The defendant did not have a scrap metal licence and had not applied for one.
'There was an intentional disregard for the law.
'With the asbestos, there was no evidence that it had in fact caused harm but there was clearly the risk of harm.'
Cossey admitted depositing waste and was given one year to pay the council's costs.
Lauren Butts, mitigating, said that Cossey had been working for a scrap metal collector but had been asked to remove asbestos and building materials.
'This was not on an ongoing basis, it was not of very long duration,' said Miss Butts.
At his trial, father-of-two Cossey was told by a judge: 'Frankly, you could not have cared less'
Nottingham Crown Court heard that Cossey dumped the rubbish over a two-week period starting in August 2018
While recently in custody on other matters, he had attended 'a waste management course' which dealt with handling asbestos.
'He understands how destructive it can be,' said Miss Butts.
The father-of-two had been deeply upset by the suicide of a close friend, who was to have been the best man at his wedding.
Miss Butts added: 'When he is released, he will work for a fully licensed scrap metal dealer.'
After the case, City Council leader David Mellen said: 'This is a significant result for the authority and the sentence sends a very strong message that we will not tolerate this type of behaviour which potentially puts people's health at risk.
'Fly-tipping is a blight on any community but this pile of rubbish contained asbestos, which could have had serious consequences.

The council had to pay more than £5,300 to have the waste removed safely.
'Mr Cossey showed scant regard for any of this and repeatedly refused to engage with our officers in the aftermath, failing to attend six meetings and returning correspondence marked 'not at this address.'
Dave Halstead, Director of Neighbourhood Services, added: 'Fly-tipping can cause significant environmental damage and is often harmful to free wildlife removal services; please click the up coming article,.
amazonaws.com'We will always work to identify culprits and are unrelenting in seeking evidence and taking appropriate action.'