A woman who left addressed envelopes in a mound of rubbish she fly-tipped in Kent has been fined £2,100.

Lynn Westbury, 53, thought she had escaped scot-free after dumping bags of domestic waste in Hill Crescent, Aylesham.

But she came unstuck after environmental enforcement officers from Dover District Council discovered documentation addressed to her amid the rubbish.

Cllr Trevor Bartlett, the council’s cabinet member for public protection, said: “Fly-tipping is a criminal offence, and where there is evidence of those responsible we will look to prosecute wherever appropriate.

“Fly-tipping not only looks unsightly but it can be harmful to people and animals, and is harmful to the environment.”

Westbury, of Newman Road, Aylesham, appeared before Canterbury magistrates on Tuesday and admitted fly-tipping the rubbish, which was discovered in November last year.

She was fined £2,100 and ordered to pay costs of £150 and a £120 victim surcharge.

• A new app called Littergram, which allows people to instantly report fly-tipping, is being trialled in Kent. Read more here.