A man has been forced to pay more than a thousand pounds after he was found guilty of fly-tipping.

Mr Bourland-Courtney was fined £220 for clean-up costs, £257.54 in investigation costs as well as legal costs of £665, which totalled £1,172.54.

The case was heard at Folkestone Magistrates court of Monday, November 20 after a council environment officer found several black bags containing refuse belonging to Mr Bourland-Courtney on Boundary Road alley in Ramsgate.

Cabinet member for community safety and environmental services, Cllr Fairbrass said: “Thanet is a beautiful place to line and work and we continue to work hard to keep it this way.

“This is why we have a zero-tolerance approach towards fly-tipping.

“It is an anti-social crime which cost us £109,550 to clean up last year.

“The majority of people dispose of their waste correctly, but sadly there’s a minority who simply fly-tip waste - leaving the taxpayer to foot the bill.”

Thanet District Council say this comes as part of its zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping offences.

This includes the council’s Who Did It? style campaign where photos taken by environment officers of illegally dumped waste are posted online.

Littering, fly-tipping and other environmental offences can be reported on the council’s website here

Alternatively, you can email streetscene.enforcement@thanet.gov.uk or report incidents using the MyThanet app.