A FURIOUS farmer says she has had enough of feckless fly-tippers days after 20 bags of waste were dumped near her land.

Kay Lacey, who lives in Wanborough, spoke out after numerous black bags containing letters, toys, soiled nappies, food waste, crisp packets, medicine bottles, a bicycle and DVDs were left in a verge in Ladysmith Road, Chiseldon.

She said the verge, which borders her farmland, has become a fly-tipping hotspot over the last decade.

Kay also claims the council are not doing enough to crackdown on the fly-tipping and not responding efficiently to clean up the mess.

“Enough is enough, I am getting so cross with this. It looks terrible and I would have thought people would be deterred by a fine but that’s not the case here,” she said.

“This has been going on for years and people are undeterred by it. They just carry on dumping rubbish. It’s an eyesore, it makes the area polluted and it’s just unbelievably selfish to do it.

“I have complained to the council but over the Christmas period but it is difficult to even speak with anyone. There’s evidence of mice going into. It is quite disgusting.I want there to be more prosecutions, I think that is the only way this will stop.”

In May the government gave local authorities the power to issues fines of between £150 and £400 to those caught in the act of fly-tipping.

But a Freedom of Information response showed Swindon Borough Council is among the majority of local authorities yet to use this new power.

A Swindon Borough Council spokesman said: “We will clear fly-tipped waste on public land within 10 working days of it being reported to us and we would like to thank Ms Lacey for bringing this latest episode to our attention.

“We are pleased to hear that there appears to be evidence contained within the waste and our Envirocrime team will use this to try and identify who the perpetrators are as we take fly-tipping extremely seriously.

“This latest blight on our rural landscape is a good time to remind people of the need to dispose of their waste responsibly and in the correct manner.

“We do not have the resources to have council officers walking the streets in the hope of catching people fly tipping waste, especially as these types of offences tend to take place late at night and out of public view. However, the perpetrators can be tracked down after the event and, when we have enough evidence, we will prosecute those responsible.

“The public can be our eyes and ears and if they have any information about fly-tipping incidents they can contact us on 01793 445501.”