A man has ended up with a court bill of nearly £1,800 after committing 13 fly-tipping and waste offences.

James Miller also has to do 150 hours of unpaid work after his actions in the Dover and Folkestone areas.

Miller, 60, of Satmar Lane, Capel-le-Ferne, was sentenced at Folkestone Magistrates Court last Friday after a prosecution by Dover District Council.

He had previously pleaded guilty pleas to three offences of fly-tipping, six offences of failing to produce waste transfer notes and an offence of operating as an unlicensed scrap metal dealer.

He had been found guilty of another three fly-tipping offences at a trial at Margate Magistrates’ Court on April 25.

Miller was also sentenced to an 18 month community order and 20 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days plus ordered to pay £1,761 costs.

He was also given a Criminal Behaviour Order, which prohibits him from collecting, carrying or transporting controlled waste including scrap metal from any home or business premises, which he does not own or lawfully occupy.

It also forbids him from approaching anyone on home or business premises, other than his own, to solicit or offer to remove waste material.

The council explained that on September 23 and October 3, 2019, fly-tipping was reported on land off Dolphin Passage, Dover.

A witness said they had seen a red truck with "Jim Miller" written on it, dump the waste.

On October 4 that year another incident of fly-tipping was reported on land off Drop Redoubt Road, Dover.

It was found that that a resident had paid Mr Miller to remove waste, including wooden panelling, work surfaces, kitchen cabinets, a sofa, carpet and glass doors a number of times.

On October 6 and 25, 2019, two incidents of fly-tipping were filmed on CCTV on Dubris Close, Dover and both times waste was seen coming off a red truck with "Jim Miller" written on it.

When questioned, Miller said he held a waste carriers’ licence. He admitted collecting the rubbish found at Dolphin Passage and Drop Redoubt Road but said he had transferred it to another man whose details he did not know. He admitted leaving the waste at Dubris Close.

On March 23, 2021, a member of the public saw a large quantity of waste on a road in Peene, near Folkestone.

Documents were found relating to a business, which said it had paid for the waste to be collected by Jim Miller.

The next day a man was seen loading the rubbish into the van and driving away.

This was reported to Folkestone & Hythe District Council ,which investigated and an image of the man involved was shown to DDC, which confirmed it was James Miller.

Miller was also served with notices requiring the production of waste transfer notes, which he failed to provide six times, the DDC evidence said.

Enquiries confirmed that between 11 February 11 and May 24 last year Miller sold scrap metal 82 separate times when he was not licensed to operate as a scrap metal dealer.

Those collecting scrap metal as part of a business have to hold a scrap metal collectors’ licence with the local authority within which they are operating, even if they hold a waste carrier's licence.