‘Worst fly-tipper’ who burned waste and released pigs onto A-road avoids jail

Huge amounts of waste have been left at the site which the authorities say is one of the worst examples of fly-tipping they have had to deal with (Picture: GBC/Cover Media)

A career criminal who dumped and burned waste on green belt land has walked away from court with a suspended sentence – leaving authorities to foot the £150,000 clean-up bill.

Jamie Broadmore operated on ‘an industrial scale’, acting aggressively towards firefighters and on one occasion releasing pigs onto a busy A-road in Kent.

Smoke from his bonfires disrupted traffic on nearby roads and was also blown across the HS1 rail line.

Gravesham Council officials said Broadmore’s actions were one of the worst cases of flytipping they had ever seen.

The 41-year-old appeared before Maidstone Crown Court in June and admitted an offence under Section 33(1)c of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

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