East London restaurant fined £4,000 for fly-tipping offences

An east London restaurant owner has been fined almost £4,000 after waste from the venue was fly-tipped just yards from its doorstep.

A prosecution against Chaat N Grill Ltd in Ilford and its owner Irshad Ahmed, 55, was brought by Redbridge Council after CCTV revealed the offence.  

Analysis of CCTV showed a man leaving Chaat N Grill, in Ilford Lane, carrying cardboard and packaging waste. Having closed the store’s shutters behind him, the man carried the waste items across the road to a street litter bin where he dropped the rubbish before walking away.

A second incident was also uncovered with CCTV showing another man walking from the direction of 102 Ilford Lane, towards the same street litter bin, carrying a white plastic bucket and bag of rubbish. Once at the street bin, he threw the items onto bags already dumped at the location, before walking away.  

Investigations by Neighbourhood Enforcement Officers led to the owner and company director Ahmed.

When questioned, Ahmed indicated he would be able to provide the identities of the men responsible but failed to do so – resulting in two £1,000 Fixed Penalty Notices being issued.

Despite reminder letters being sent the fines remained unpaid leading to Ahmed being summonsed to court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of fly-tipping on behalf of himself and his company. 

Ahmed admitted being responsible for the first offence and said a casual worker who had since left his company, had dumped the waste in the second incident. However, Ahmed accepted that it was his waste and it had been dumped illegally.
 
Chaat N Grill Ltd and Ahmed were jointly fined and ordered to pay court and council costs, totalling £3,845.

Redbridge Council’s director of community safety, John Richards, said: “We have zero tolerance for fly-tipping, and it’s something we are pursuing vigorously to hold those responsible accountable.”