A string of Oldham residents have been dragged before the courts after bags of rubbish were dumped by their homes.
Four people were convicted of a duty of care offences in relation to the litter, at Tameside Magistrates' Court, earlier this month. One defendant - Danielle Siddall, 33, had to pay £1,451 in total after rubbish was found in an alleyway off County Street and she failed to attend at her hearing.
Vasile Ion Romanescu, 37, of Brierley Street, Hathershaw, was fined £106, told to pay £200 costs with a £34 victim surcharge. Feraru Anca, 33, of Belgrave Road, was fined £109, with £150 costs and a £34 victim surcharge.