A frustrated landowner has taken revenge on neighbours accused of fly-tipping tons of rubbish on his land – by chucking it back over the garden wall.
Cliff Hamilton purchased the overgrown plot on Bath Road in Hounslow, west London, nine months ago and had the site secured with high fences, padlocks and chains.
But recently he was sent an anonymous letter warning that piles of rubbish – including televisions, doors and tyres – were being dumped on his land.
Mr Hamilton accused his neighbour of being the culprit as ‘the rubbish could not have come from any other place’.
‘None of the overgrown plot was trampled down,’ he said. ‘I was sent photos of the neighbours in my garden treading down the rubbish’.
On August 14 he marched to the plot with builders and hurled the abandoned household items over the brick wall – to the horror of his neighbours.
Frustrated landowner Cliff Hamilton threw the fly-tipped rubbish into his neighbours garden – after accusing them of dumping it in his. The plot is in Hounslow, west London
Doors, televisions and even tyres had been dumped on the plot which is gated and padlocked
Mr Hamilton said that the only way for the rubbish to end up on his land would be if it had been thrown over by the neighbours. They were also sent photos of the neighbours in the plot
When they started throwing the rubbish they were quickly challenged by their neighbours
The neighbours yelled at them and launched an expletive-laden tirade before calling the police
But when the police arrived they handcuffed the man in a black shirt and led him away
Video shows Mr Hamilton and builder friends slinging the rubbish out of their plot and into their neighbours garden.
An irate woman wearing a white cardigan can be seen stomping into view and shouting: ‘What are you doing?!’
‘We’re giving you back everything that you put over our wall,’ replies Mr Hamilton.
The woman is joined by a man who launches an expletive-laden tirade at Mr Hamilton and his friends as they continue to ‘return’ the rubbish.
‘You are an irresponsible next door neighbour who’s getting it all back!,’ shouts Mr Hamilton.
The angry neighbours rung the police for support. But when the man started shouting at them, the officers led him away in handcuffs.
Mr Hamilton said: ‘I was made aware by an anonymous person that large volumes of rubbish were being dumped in the rear of the site, which is fenced on all sides.
Pictured above is a map showing Mr Hamilton’s plot, the position of the fly-tip and the offending property that has been accused of dumping the rubbish
The neighbours held up their phones to record the rubbish being chucked over the wall
Mr Hamilton said the rubbish could not have come from any other property as none of the plants in the overgrown plot were trampled down
‘My reason for delivering the stuff back in the manner I did this because I have no faith in either Environmental Health or the police in resolving any of these matters even when there is evidence on the ground in the bags and a photograph of a vehicle on the site.
‘I am reaching the end of my tether with people dumping rubbish everywhere because they are either too lazy or wish to save their money.
‘I intend to speak to my neighbour via my lawyers and offer him the opportunity to pay for the clearance of the rubbish prior to taking any legal action. During the argument one of the gentleman declared he had the owner’s permission to dump the rubbish on the land.
‘The law of this country needs reviewing with regard to dumping of materials on anybody’s land illegally.
‘I would like to thank the police for their actions on the day and can only apologise for the behaviour of my neighbours towards the police officers who were entirely professional.’
Pictured above are the police arriving on Bath road in Hounslow, west London
This picture shows the pile of rubbish on the plot next to the wall of the accused neighbours. MR Hamilton said they were even sent photos showing the neighbours trampling it down
The Met police have been contacted for comment.
The bold action comes after a farmer plagued by a fly-tipper who dumped 421 tyres on his land got his own back by depositing them on the culprit’s doorstep.
The rubbish had been abandoned on Stuart Baldwin’s farm in Wigan, but the act was caught on CCTV.
Livestock farmer Stuart, 56, was so fed-up after being targeted 25 times that he decided to turn detective and tracked down the culprit to his nearby home, giving him three days to clear up the mess.
When the deadline passed and no rubbish had been removed, Mr Baldwin took the law into his own hands and used a truck from the family’s recycling service to return the dumped tyres.
Video posted online shows them being deposited at the home of the alleged tipper.
CCTV showed a man taking tyres out of his van and dumping them on Stuart’s land
The landowner, pictured, filmed himself standing in front of a mound of tyres dumped on his land in Haydock, Liverpool