Mattress-dumping man sought so Telford council can 'teach him how to donate' to charity
A council wants to talk to a man caught on CCTV dumping mattresses behind a Wellington charity shop about "how to donate properly".
Telford & Wrekin Council has issued the ninth appeal under the banner of its Telford & Wrekin Watch series, which aims to crackdown on fly-tippers and educate the public.
In the latest case a bald, man in a white van is seen behind the air ambulance shop in Wellington heaving mattresses from the vehicle to donation points for the charity.
In a video published on the council's Twitter feed, a clearly unimpressed councillor asks for the public's help.
Councillor Richard Overton, the council's deputy leader and cabinet member for housing, enforcement and transport, said: "Lots of people don't understand that technically this is a fly-tip.
"Dumping mattresses on the floor outside a closed charity shop is not the way to donate."
He says the mattresses could be a target for arson. They should have been given directly to the staff when the shop is open or put inside the donation containers, he says.
Councillor Overton adds: "We would like to speak to this man directly about how to donate properly... if that is what he is doing.
"Please donate items correctly or you may be liable for prosecution."
The council asks people who might know the man to email it at TWWatch@Telford.gov.uk
