Fly-tipper forced to return and collect dumped sofa after pub owners publicly shame him on social media by sharing CCTV images of his white van with their followers
- Shamed fly-tipper was forced to skulk back to collect a sofa he dumped
- Owners of the Lock and Quay in Merseyside found the couch outside their pub
- They posted images of the CCTV online and threatened to call the police
A shamed fly-tipper was forced to skulk back in the dead of night to collect the sofa he dumped after CCTV footage of him was posted online.
Owners of the Lock and Quay in Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, publicly shamed the man after CCTV showed him dumping a couch outside their pub.
Security cameras showed the culprit – a man driving a white transit van – pulling the brown two-seater out of the van and leaving it against a wall on the premises before fleeing the scene, thinking he had not been seen.
The pub owners then posted images from the footage on Facebook which showed the man dumping the sofa – and threatened to report the incident to police if the fly-tipper did not collect the couch within 24 hours.
A shamed fly-tipper was forced to skulk back in the dead-of-night to collect the sofa he dumped after CCTV footage of him was posted online
The pub owners then posted images from the footage on Facebook, clearly showing the man dumping the sofa – and threatened to report the incident to police if the fly-tipper did not collect the couch within 24 hours
Owners of the Lock and Quay in Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, discovered a couch had been dumped outside their pub
In a post, they wrote: ‘Can all of our lovely customers please share this post!
‘To the owner of this white van, you have 24 hours to collect your couch which you so kindly dumped at our door. It isn’t our fault you didn’t have a permit for the tip.
‘If the couch is still there this time tomorrow, the matter will be passed to the police. Thanks.’
Just 24 hours later, it had been removed. Inspection of the CCTV showed that the same man and van piling the fly-tipped sofa back into his vehicle before driving off in the middle of the night.
Just 24 hours later, it had been removed. Inspection of the CCTV showed that the same man and van piling the fly-tipped sofa back into his vehicle before driving off
After their triumph, the owners of the Lock and Quay posted an image of the man collecting his rubbish, with the message: ‘All’s well that ends well! Couch has thankfully been reunited with its rightful owner, the white van man!
‘Thanks to all of the support of our lovely patrons!’
The post was shared more than 400 times and reached more than 30,000 people.
Followers of the pub congratulated the owners for the post, which was shared more than 400 times and reached more than 30,000 people.
One woman wrote: ‘That’s brilliant, and I cant help but laugh about what his thought process must have been having to get it after it then being soaked after the rain xx.’
Another replied: ‘Wonder how many people saw it and said ‘Ey, you’re all over Facebook looking like a right scruff’.’
‘Great news. Hopefully make others think about their actions too,’ said another.