A young woman appears, voice raised in anger. “What are you doing?” she asks, filming events on a mobile phone. “I’m the owner of the land,” responds Clifford Hamilton, who is flinging rubbish into her garden with the aid of two workmen. She steps away and calls the police as more rubbish – a door, planks of wood, what looks to be part of a kitchen cabinet – sails over the wall.
“You are an irresponsible next-door neighbour who’s getting it all back!” Hamilton bellows, as a man on the other side of the wall proclaims his innocence. The men then jab their fingers at each other angrily. Two police officers arrive. “Everyone calm down and stop throwing things,” an officer pleads. There is more yelling – there is a lot of yelling. The officer handcuffs Hamilton’s neighbour as he passionately pleads his case. It is an undignified spectacle, if an amusing one. There is something about fly-tipping that brings out the worst in all of us.
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