A MAN was caught fly-tipping after leaving his address among the waste he dumped.

Bernard Hollande, 53, from Peterlee, drove to a fly-tipping hotspot in County Durham on a snowy day last winter and dumped bin bags and a carpet.

He was caught when a Durham County Council neighbourhood warden found a prescription bearing his name and address among the rubbish, with CCTV also capturing the incident on camera.

Hollande has now been convicted at court and ordered to pay over £800 in fines and costs.

Peterlee magistrates heard how the warden visited Andrews Lane at Little Thorpe, Easington, an area regularly blighted by fly-tipping, on December 13.

The official found a number of black sacks had been dumped along with a carpet and a yellow plastic item.

On checking the bags, he discovered a prescription bearing Hollande’s name and address, at Berkshire Road.

CCTV footage from a camera at the scene was also checked and showed a white Kia Magenta pulling up in snowy conditions on December 12.

Hollande is then seen getting out of the car, removing the waste from the boot and dumping it, before driving off.

Hollande pleaded guilty to depositing controlled waste on land without an environmental permit.

He told magistrates he had suffered from poor mental health in recent few years and that his bin had been stolen.

Hollande apologised, saying he had panicked after dumping the waste and intended to return to pick it up but forgot.