A RESIDENT has called for “selfish” fly-tippers to be slapped with harsher punishments after finding a country lane covered in dumped mess.
Philip Young, 60, has lived in Great Bentley for 15 years and now fears his beloved village and the surrounding area is becoming blighted with fly-tipped waste.
Earlier this week he found piles of disregarded rubbish consisting of everything from tree trunks and carpet to pieces of wood and lino flooring.
The discovery was made on a section of Frating Road, between Thorrington and Great Bentley, which Mr Young believes is becoming regularly dumping ground.
He said: “It is becoming a massive problem and I am disappointed by it because I feel people have come to not respect the countryside.