Scrap metal carrier pays the price

A man carrying waste in his van pretended to be someone else when he was stopped by police and the Environment Agency.Mathew Davies, aged 32, of Scott Gardens, Lincoln admitted one fraud offence and one of carrying scrap metal without being registered and was fined £400  by Lincoln Magistrates’ Court today (Tue). He was also ordered to pay £3,540 costs. Mr Simon Taylor, prosecuting for the Environment Agency, said Davies handed over a waste carrier registration card belonging to someone else when he was stopped in December last year. It had an expiry date in 2013 and he was allowed on his way.Later investigation showed that he was not the person named on the card and the registration had been revoked in June. Officers tracked Davies down and when questioned he told them that he’d used the card by mistake. Davies had been advised by letter in October 2010 that he needed to be registered to carry waste, he didn’t think he needed to be. The fee for registering for a three year period is £154. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/144022.aspx

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