Men to pay for collecting metal in Billinghay without permission

Joshua Hyland, 28, of Stephen Road, Newark, and Nicholas Pattison, 28, of Bellmond Close, Newark, pleaded guilty to three offences each at Lincoln Magistrates Court on Monday, December 5.

The court heard police stopped a vehicle carrying scrap metal in Billinghay on March 23 this year, with the two men inside.

They were asked to provide a licence to collect scrap metal in the district, a waste carrier’s licence and waste transfer notes for the load they were carrying but couldn’t do so.

After investigating the matter, North Kesteven District Council prosecuted Hyland and Pattison for the offences.

Both were fined £260, ordered to pay costs of £325 and a victim surcharge of £26, totalling £611 each.

Because Pattison had offended while subject to a suspended custodial sentence of three months for previous offences of domestic assault and criminal damage, this order was extended by a further six months to two years in total.

Coun Richard Wright, Executive Board Member at NKDC with responsibility for Enforcement, said after the hearing: “Anyone collecting scrap metal in the district needs to have and display a licence from North Kesteven District Council.

“If we find people are not complying with the rules we will investigate and take the appropriate action.

“Rules are there for a reason and cannot be ignored.”