TWO men have been ordered to pay thousands after fly-tipping rubbish in Herefordshire.

Narcis Sebastian Buruianan and Vasile Florin Stefarca entered guilty pleas when they appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard 39-year-old Buruianan and 21-year-old Stefarca had dumped controlled waste including a sofa, doors, radiators, wooden chairs, a bed frame, and other general rubbish in a gateway off Gatehouse Road in Rotherwas, Hereford, on October 17.

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They had also failed to handle, control, or transfer controlled waste without taking reasonable measures, in breach of environment regulations.

Buruianan, of Victoria Street, Hereford, was fined £1,230, and must pay costs of £737 and a £123 victim surcharge.

Stefarca, also of Victoria Street, Hereford, was fined £986 and must pay costs of £737 and a £99 victim surcharge.