A fly-tipper dumped tonnes of building waste behind a Croydon home without even stopping his truck, a court heard.

CCTV footage shows the tipper truck not even stopping as the household and building rubbish was dumped in a swirl of dust near Croham Road.

George Smith, 40, is said to have illegally dumped more than six tonnes of rubbish from his job in house clearances in just two months.

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The heaps of rubbish included a cooker, rubble, scraps of wood, tiles and even the base of a bed, it was said.

Smith, of Crowley Crescent, Waddon, was allegedly caught on film driving down the alleyway, Camden Road, in a tipper truck that was traced back to him and seized by council officials.

But days later he was captured again using a different tipper truck to fly tip even more rubbish, it was claimed.

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Footage shows a white tipper van not even stopping as building rubbish is dumped, leaving a swirl of dust in the lane (Croydon Council/SWNS)

Prosecutor Simon Kiely told Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court yesterday that Smith committed four fly-tips within the borough between February 12 and April 11 this year.

He added: “These fly-tips all involved the repeated dumping of large amounts of controlled waste in residential areas, and regularly involved entire loads of waste, both loose and inside plastic or polythene sacks, dumped from the back of a tipper truck.

“Unfortunately for Mr Smith, three of the fly-tips were captured on CCTV cameras put up by local residents which clearly showed two vehicles, firstly a tipper truck with registration mark X597 AAF, and latterly a second tipper trick with registration mark WV04 NVR, dumping the waste in those locations.

“Both of these vehicles were linked to Mr Smith and indeed both of which he subsequently declared belonged to him and were only driven by him.”

The first tipper truck was seized on April 7 and days later Smith used a smaller white truck to dump even more rubbish, the court heard.

The second vehicle was also seized.

Mr Kiely said: “Whilst that vehicle was being seized, Mr Smith made himself known to the Council officers and acknowledged that both of the vehicles were his and were only driven by him.

“Mr Smith also subsequently made attempts to reclaim both vehicles from the Council and provided evidence of his ownership of the vehicles at that stage.”

The court was shown photos of the rubbish allegedly left behind by Smith, which included strips of his wallpaper that was among a load of rubbish Miguel Santeles had paid Smith £80 to remove.

He said: "The first date of collection was the 10th March.

"But when he came back in April he wanted to collect another load of waste, I said I wasn't going to do it because I heard rumours about him fly tipping.

"He said he hadn't done it and I said 'You should be licensed.’ "I said ‘Until you show me a license you can't collect my waste’ and that's why I didn't let him."

The court also heard evidence from Croydon Council’s environmental officers, who seized two of Smith's vehicles while the fly tipping investigation was under way.

District Judge Karen Hammond allowed an application for bad character as Smith has previous convictions for fly tipping and driving without a license.

The trial has been adjourned until January next year.

Smith faces four counts of fly tipping, one count of carrying controlled waste without a waste carrier’s licence and one count of failing to comply with a notice under Section 108 of the Environment Act.