FAIRY lights, paint tins and an old Christmas tree were among the discarded items that have landed Bolton fly-tippers in court.

Offenders have been handed nearly £7,000 in fines and other costs for dumping rubbish on the town’s streets, after a series of prosecutions by Bolton Council

Among those convicted was Sara Siwuk, of Kilsby Close, Farnworth who admitted to leaving a Christmas tree, a footstool and other items on a grass verge near Lorne Street.

She failed to pay an on-the-spot £80 fixed penalty notice (FPN), and was fined £440, plus £300 in court costs and a £44 victim surcharge, by Bolton Magistrates’ Court.

Thomas Toth of Cundy Road, admitted to paying a van driver £20 to take 15 bin bags, which were later discovered dumped in separate piles across Oxford Grove and Back Rawson Road.

Magistrates fined him £660 on top of a £60 victim surcharge and £255 in court cost.

Alexandra Pompova, aged 23, admitted to leaving paint tins and a plastic chair among other items at the rear of her property in Clarke Street.

She failed to pay a fixed penalty notice and was handed a £40 fine along with £204 in costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Regina Hovarthova, aged 44, of Derby Street, failed to pay a FPN for leaving bin bags at a nearby bus stop. She was fined £220, plus £459 court costs and a £30 surcharge.

Natalie Scrivenar, aged 26, of Ellesmere Road. Received a FPN for dumping a pile of wood and a plastic swing bin in a back street but failed to pay. She was fined £220, plus £1,1388 costs and a £30 surcharge.

Erzbert Barkoczi, aged 39, Duxbury Street was convicted of a back street waste offence. He was fined £220 fine, plus £833 costs and a £30 surcharge.

Maria Dzurbanova, aged 28, of Meredith Street did not pay a FPN for leaving waste in a back street. She was fined £220, plus £510 in costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

And Jake Longworth, aged 26, of Hatfield Road, Bolton did not pay a FPN for dumping rubbish and a cardboard box. He was fined £220, plus £729 costs and a £30 surcharge.

Bolton Council’s executive cabinet member for environmental Services, Councillor Nick Peel, said he hoped the convictions would send out a message and urged people to always dispose of their waste properly.

He added: “This is why we will always pursue the offenders.”