A father and son from south Bucks have been fined after a member of the public caught them fly-tipping.

Farnham Common pair Andrew Lockie, 51, and his son Richard Lockie, 30, were fined hundreds of pounds after pleading guilty to the crimes.

The court heard that on July 4, 2016 a member of the public saw two men dump a log and tree cuttings in a wooded area off Langtons Meadow, Farnham Common, from the back of a Land Rover.

The registration number of the Land Rover was taken and the incident was reported to the council.

Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire investigators interviewed the two men at a police station, where both fully admitted the offence.

They stated that the waste had come from their garden and that they thought it would be okay as it was green waste dumped in a wooded area.

Magistrates fined Andrew Lockie £330 and fined Richard Lockie £350.

Both were ordered to pay £701.50 each towards prosecution costs, plus £30 and £35 respectively in victim surcharges. The total to pay was therefore £2,148.

Sir Beville Stanier, chairman of the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire, said: "Instead of using the free facilities available to householders at all of Buckinghamshire's household recycling centres, these men decided to assume that because they were dumping garden waste, it didn't count as fly tipping.

“The magistrates made it very clear that this is not the view of the local community or, indeed, the law."

Report illegal dumping in Bucks on 0845 330 1856 or at http://old.buckscc.gov.uk/fly