Five fly-tippers have been fined thousands of pounds in total after dumping rubbish in Epping Forest.

The five were ordered to pay out more than £4,500 after a series of incidents where waste including tree cuttings, remains of a shed and car parts were left in the forest.

The City of London Corporation, which runs the forest, brought pro the prosecutions against the five fly-tippers at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on September 28.

Muhammad Jummun, of Walthamstow, and Irshaad Dandoo, of Chelmsford, pleaded guilty and were convicted of fly-tipping on Forest land off Earl’s Path, Loughton.

They were each ordered to pay a fine of £800, costs of £373, compensation of £50 with a further victim surcharge of £50.

David Green of Sudbury, Suffolk, pleaded guilty and was convicted of fly-tipping on Forest land in the High Beech area on September 5 this year.

He was fined £320, ordered to pay costs of £260, compensation of £100 and a £32 victim surcharge.

Tracey Oliver of Swansea, pleaded guilty and was convicted of driving a vehicle used for fly-tipping in the High Beech area.

She was fined £120, made to pay costs of £267, a £41 compensation fee and £30 victim surcharge.

Gitta Schwarcz of Haringey, admitted failing to ensure that her waste was passed on to authorised persons.

She was ordered to pay a fine of £300, costs of £372, compensation of £41 with a victim surcharge of £30.

Philip Woodhouse, chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Epping Forest Committee, said: “These prosecutions show how seriously we take fly-tipping in Epping Forest.

“Even leaving small amounts of rubbish at any of our sites of special scientific interest or helping others to do so, is completely unacceptable.

“We will always prosecute those who think it can be used as a dumping ground.”