Joseph Patrick Ramsey, a 37-year-old man from Newcastle, has been given a suspended prison sentence for his involvement in a fly-tipping spree. Ramsey ran a waste collection business with his father, Joseph Robert James Ramsay, using various trading names. Between October and November 2021, Ramsey charged people hundreds of pounds to collect their rubbish and promised to dispose of it properly.
Instead, he dumped it on the streets around Newcastle, including near Hadrian’s Wall and a nursery and high school on Gretna Road in Benwell. The rubbish included carpets, kitchen fittings, concrete gutters containing asbestos, laminate flooring, mattresses, toilets, and a small freezer.
Ramsey pleaded guilty to five counts of depositing controlled waste on land without the authority of an environmental permit and was sentenced to 24 months in prison, suspended for two years. He was also ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.
Joseph Robert James Ramsay pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and was given a four-week curfew.
Newcastle City Council Cabinet member, Cllr Irim Ali, praised the council officers for their work in bringing the culprits to justice and warned that fly-tipping is a serious offence that blights communities.