Two men have been fined thousands of pounds after mounds of rubbish were dumped at two sites.

In December 2016 tonnes of waste was unloaded at the site of the former Battle of Britain pub in Coldharbour Road, Northfleet.

On the same evening a white Volvo tipper lorry thought to have been involved in the incident overturned at the A227 Wrotham Road and Coldharbour Road roundabout.

A Medway Council investigation found Lee Johnson, 43, was inside and in March he was sent a notice asking him to answer a number of questions about the incident. He failed to respond.

The following month he was sent a letter inviting him for an interview. Johnson then contacted the council and said he would fill out the notice but failed to do so.

Johnson, of Canning Town, London, denied failing to comply with a legal notice at Medway Magistrates’ Court in August however did not attend his trial earlier this month and the case was proved in his absence.

Magistrates fined him £1,000 and ordered him to pay £1,000 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.

Last October Medway Council were alerted to rubbish dumped at Pickle's Way, Cliffe.

A council investigation found Paul Christie, 21, of Chalk Road, Higham, had been hired to dispose of the waste from an address in Bexleyheath.

He was contacted and invited to an interview but did not respond.

He was then sent a notice asking a number of questions about the fly-tipping.

Christie responded and said he had been asked to set up a clearance job for a group of travellers.

He failed to produce a waste carrier’s certificate and transfer notes.

Christie is not a registered waste carrier, broker or dealer and he received a summons asking him to attend Medway Magistrates’ Court on 23 July. He did not attend and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Following a separate incident in Cliffe Paul Christie, 21, of Chalk Road, Higham, pleaded guilty to failing in his duty of care to ensure controlled waste is disposed of correctly at the same court on Tuesday, October 9.

Magistrates fined Christie £500 and ordered him to pay court costs of £250.