I RECENTLY read in the Advertiser of expressions of exasperation by the authorities and the proposed penalties to be imposed on the culprits of fly-tipping when caught.

I am an OAP, living in sheltered accommodation, and have been charged £11.70 by the council to remove a two-piece settee from the premises.

I am not surprised that people who have already paid council tax resort to fly-tipping.

S HEWETT Swindon