Two Hemlington residents fined over £2,400 for fly-tipping and littering on Aviemore Road

A Middlesbrough court has fined two Hemlington residents a combined £2,446 for dumping waste on Aviemore Road. Both were convicted in their absence.

Middlesbrough fly-tipping crackdown nets two court convictions

Middlesbrough.gov.uk reports that two Hemlington residents have been fined by Teesside Magistrates' Court following separate waste-dumping incidents on Aviemore Road.

Lesley May, 46, of Burghley Court, Hemlington, was identified as the likely perpetrator after Middlesbrough Council's Fly-tipping Squad removed three black bags of household waste from near the subway on Aviemore Road in November 2025. May failed to attend two subsequent interviews arranged by the council.

The following March, a further 11 bags of household waste were dumped at the same location, with May again identified as the probable culprit. After further failures to attend formal interviews, the case was heard at Teesside Magistrates' Court on 25 August in May's absence. The court found May guilty of twice failing to attend interviews and imposed a £850 fine, a £340 victim surcharge, and clean-up and court costs of £384.50 — a total of £1,574.50.

In a separate case heard by Teesside Magistrates in July, Jessica Barugh, 31, of Beckenham Gardens, Hemlington, was found guilty of littering, also in her absence. Barugh had been identified as responsible for dumping bags of household waste, a broken door and a duvet on Aviemore Road in November last year. She was fined £220, with an £88 victim surcharge and costs of £563.50, bringing her total to £871.50.

Councillor Ian Blades, Middlesbrough Council's Executive member for Neighbourhoods, said the cases demonstrated the council's commitment to protecting shared public spaces. "Fly-tipping and littering are lazy, selfish and needless offences which we are determined to stamp out on behalf of law-abiding residents who actually care for their neighbourhoods," Blades said.

He added that the two convictions were "just the latest example of our relentless pursuit of those responsible" and expressed gratitude to the courts for "hitting those responsible where it hurts — in the pocket."

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