A man from Bradley Stoke has been ordered to pay £1,894 in fines and costs after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted him following the discovery of fly-tipped bin bags alongside a cycle path.
Constantin Parinescu appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court in January. He pleaded guilty to fly-tipping and was handed a £500 fine, ordered to pay costs of £1,194 and a victim surcharge of £200.
The court heard that the council received a report of fly-tipping on the cycle/footpath network in Bradley Stoke on 26 June 2025. A resident caught the offence on CCTV and observed a man dispose of a ‘heavy’ looking bin bag.
The council’s environmental enforcement team attended the location and found two black bags deposited in the hedge line running alongside the cycle path and a resident’s garden wall. The bags contained a mix of what appeared to be household waste and cat litter.
House-to-house enquiries revealed that the individual might be living at an address in The Beeches, Bradley Stoke.
An officer called at an address that was provided and was met by a woman who confirmed that the man in the CCTV footage was her father.
A requirement to attend a voluntary interview at the council’s Yate offices was delivered to Parinescu’s address. He attended the interview and admitted the offence of fly-tipping two bags of cat litter and food waste in black sacks, and that he had thrown them into the hedge line beside a house. He was reported for summons for the offence.
Councillor Sean Rhodes, cabinet member responsible for environmental enforcement at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “Fly-tipping is not only unsightly, it can also damage the environment and attract other anti-social activities.
“There is never an excuse to dump waste in the countryside or at the roadside. There are a number of legitimate options for waste removal and in this instance the black bags could have easily been deposited at one of the area’s Sort It centres.
“Prosecutions like these protect our environment and create cleaner and safer places for our communities. These are key priorities of the Liberal Democrat/ Labour partnership.”
Residents and businesses are advised to only give their rubbish to an Environment Agency registered waste carrier.