A TEEN who admitted dumping bags of rubbish containing bottles and cans of booze left over from a house party has been ordered to pay more than £670. 

Kai Kennington, 19, left the sacks in Cross Lane, West Mersea.

The sacks also included information leading to Kennington's Mersea Avenue home. 

The rubbish was spotted by a Colchester Council zone warden on September 26.

Kennington was interviewed under caution two months later and, although he argued he had asked a friend to dispose of the waste, he took full responsibility for the dumping and refused to name the other person. 

He admitted to fly-tipping when he appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court today. 

Magistrates fined the 19-year-old £293 and ordered him to pay £350 in court costs.

Kennington must also pay a £30 victim surcharge.

Mike Lilley, Colchester councillor responsible for licensing, said: “Fly-tipping is downright anti-social and causes an unwarranted drain on the Council’s resources.

"Illegally dumping waste in our environment is as selfish and harmful and it is completely unnecessary, given the waste and recycling facilities that operate so well in the borough.

“I would like to once again thank the zone teams for the superb work they do to monitor and maintain our neighbourhoods as clean and safe environments for all residents to enjoy.

"I hope this prosecution sends a clear message to anyone else thinking of fly-tipping that, once caught, we will not hesitate to prosecute them.”