Man fined after being caught twice dumping waste in Buckinghamshire

Aurelian Stoev, 32, from Drayton Gardens, West Drayton, pleaded guilty to the two offences of illegal depositing of waste when he appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on Wednesday 15 October 2025.

The court heard that on Sunday 27 October 2024, a large pile of waste was dumped in the middle of the road at Hawkswood Lane in Fulmer. A witness came forward saying he saw two large tipper vans leaving the scene near where the waste was deposited between 3.15 and 3.30pm. Checking footage from a nearby Buckinghamshire Council camera, the recording showed a large tipper van, full of the same waste which was later found dumped, roughly 400 meters from where it was found.

The court also heard that on Tuesday, 31 October 2024, a large pile of waste was found deposited on Langley Park Road in Iver. After examining the waste and finding evidence, Buckinghamshire Council officers were led to a building company. The company explained they had paid a man and van to remove the waste from an address in Northampton. The witness was able to provide council officers with bank details, a mobile number and a vehicle registration number.

The same vehicle was used on both occasions and was traced back to Mr Stoev. In an interview at Slough Police Station, Mr Stoev admitted the first offence at Hawkswood Lane. He explained that as he drove through the ford at Hawkswood Lane his van broke down. Mr Stoev said he left the van at the site for a couple of days with no waste inside but when he returned to his vehicle, it was full of waste which someone must have put inside. However, after seeing the video evidence, Mr Stoev retracted his story and admitted to dumping the waste.

Mr Stoev did not admit to the second offence at Langley Park Road.

Magistrates at High Wycombe Magistrates Court fined Mr Stoev £1,038 for both offences and ordered him to pay costs and compensation of £3,075.30. A victim surcharge of £830.00 was also levied, making a total to pay of £5981.30.

Ade Osibogun is Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change and Waste. He said:

“Buckinghamshire Council has a zero-tolerance stance on fly-tipping. It is against the law and where we have the evidence to prosecute, we will seek to bring offenders to justice.

“In this case the offender tried to fabricate a story to evade taking responsibility, but we have eyes everywhere and are supported by members of the public who feel as strongly as we do about fly-tipping.

“We are grateful to everyone who joins us in our mission to stamp out fly-tipping and would ask anyone who sees anything suspicious or has evidence of a fly-tipping incident taking place to contact us so we can investigate.”

If you have evidence showing an offence taking place and you are willing to provide a witness statement, please contact the council’s Enforcement Team at: [email protected].

To report fly-tipping anywhere in Buckinghamshire visit FixMyStreet.