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A fly-tipper who repeatedly sent his dumped waste up in flames on his own road has been penalised £460. Jason Willoughby of Stone Street, Stanford South, near Hythe, illegally discarded items three times and set them on fire twice. His unlawful actions between June 11 and August 18 2023 prompted neighbours to alert the authorities of “thick black smoke”. Mr Willoughby would admit setting alight two of those fly-tips at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on April 23. The 53-year-old was ordered to pay court fines and costs totalling £464 and handed a 12-month community order, requiring him to undert…

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