Hartlepool woman's £708 court bill after illegally dumping household waste near her home
A woman who illegally dumped bags of household waste in a back lane near her home is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after he was taken to court by council chiefs.
Stacey Smurthwaite, who is 43 and from Chester Road, in Hartlepool, admitted one charge of breaching the Environmental Protection Act by leaving the bags in an alley behind Chester Road on January 18.
Teesside magistrates ordered her to pay a £200 fine, £80 victim surcharge and £500 costs.
The £780 total must be paid in £20 instalments from September 15.
At the same court, Matthew James Dunn, of Keswick Street, in Hartlepool, was ordered to pay a £200 fine, £88 victim surcharge and £220 costs after he was convicted in his absence of illegally leaving a black bin bag in Keswick Street on January 28.
Dunn must pay the £508 balance by September 15.
Both cases were prosecuted by Hartlepool Borough Council.