A DISABLED woman who could not get the council to move a bag of rubbish which left her trapped in her home for the second time in less than a year has been set free by an Adver photographer.

Marjory Ashwell suffers from ME and uses a mobility scooter to get around, but she was unable to use it after a bag of bricks were dumped in the private alley at the back of her home.

The 69-year-old, who lives in the town centre, phoned the council but was told that because it was private land there was nothing they could do – so Adver photographer James Douglas came to the rescue after she phoned us on Monday.

Marjory said: “I explained the situation to the council and that I can’t use my mobility scooter and I said it is a private alley. The woman on the phone said ‘I’m sorry’.

“It was a bag full of corrugated stuff.

“I went to see if it was light enough to shift myself but it wasn’t.

“There is no other way out with the mobility scooter. At the front there are steps.

“I’m annoyed really because I had to take a taxi to church – it all costs.

“I normally use my mobility scooter regularly but I couldn’t use it at all, it was terrible.”

In November, Marjory was trapped in her home when someone left a double mattress in the alley, but the mattress mysteriously disappeared after her story appeared in the Adver.

A council spokesman said they will be reminding residents to get rid of their waste properly.

“We will clear fly-tipped waste on public land within two working days of it being reported, but it is the responsibility of the landowner if the rubbish is left on private land,” he said.

“However, we have been working with a number of residents’ associations and we have agreed we will pick up fly-tipped waste from an agreed collection point if residents can bag up the rubbish themselves.

“If some of the rubbish contains hazardous waste like needles or asbestos we will come out and deal with it.

“But we would ask that all residents collect the rest of the waste and leave it out at the collection point.

“We will write to residents in the area reminding them of the need to dispose of their waste in the correct manner, but if the problem persists we will look to prosecute those responsible.”