A FLY-tipper dumped around 100 bags of rubbish at a Bolton beauty spot, a court heard.

Rozalia Siwak admitted throwing black bin bags containing the domestic waste on the banks of the River Croal, next to Queens Park, at Bolton Magistrates' Court.

Council officers linked Siwak to the tipping — which had attracted rats — because they found the same blue plastic bottles of white cider at her house as the dozens dumped at the waterside.

Siwak, aged 46, said she paid two Romanian men £25 each to twice remove a build-up of waste. She claimed they had taken rubbish from her in November, 2013 and February, 2014, but admitted she had not carried out adequate checks to ensure they were licensed to take it.

Bolton Council officers were first notified about the fly-tipping in December, 2013, and inspected the pile of bin bags, and found most contained empty plastic bottles of cider.

They also found letters that related to Siwak and an address in Spa Road, where she then lived, which was less than 100 yards from the fly-tip site.

When they went round there, they found the same bin bags in her wheelie bin and some more empty cider bottles of the same type found on the riverbank.

After Siwak had moved to her current home in Gibraltar Street, Deane, council enforcement officers returned to find more cider bottles in her wheelie bin.

The court imposed a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered her to pay £800 in compensation to the landowner.

Cllr Nick Peel said council officers had seen people regularly leaving Siwak's house and dumping rubbish on to the bank.

He said: "We are particularly pleased with the criminal conviction and that the courts have joined the council in sending out the message to people that this will not be tolerated.

"This was a nasty case of fly-tipping that was an eyesore and very damaging to the environment at the River Croal.

"This shows that fly-tipping is not a minor offence, it is a serious offence of vandalism and hopefully this judgement will send a message out to people that we will come after you and take you to court."

Amy Bhudia, who owns hairdresser’s The Salon in Mayor Street, said at the time: “We have been here for the last seven years and rubbish has always been a problem. It’s not just on the river bank but the street at the side as well.

“When I saw the rubbish on the river bank from the opposite side of the bridge the other day, I was shocked.

“It’s disgusting and I’m pleased the council is doing something."