Traveller Michael Ward dumped tonnes of rubbish on company who stood up to blackmail demands

A traveller dumped tonnes of rubbish on a shipping company’s car park when the owners refused to pay his £8,000 blackmail demand, a court heard. Michael Ward, 59, told business park manager Roberto Chimenti to cough up the cash or deal with a mass fly-tip. When bosses at international logistics company Savino Del Bene Ltd refused to pay, Ward arranged for his mates to unload a deluge of rubbish on the business park unit in eight tipper trucks. Footage played…

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