A Middlesbrough man became aggressive when confronted after being caught on CCTV dumping a fridge.

Abbas Gravand, 41, was spotted on video arriving at Riverside Industrial estate on April 19 with a fridge perched in a shopping trolley.

He left it on a footpath before walking away with the trolley.

Council officers watched the footage and then went to his house the following day.

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When members of the environment team showed Gravand pictures of him fly-tipping the fridge he became aggressive.

He refused to be served a Fixed Penalty Notice.

The case was brought before Teesside Magistrates' Court and Gravand pleaded guilty to the offence.

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He was fined £200 for breaching the Environmental Protection Act.

After the hearing Cllr Janet Thompson, Middlesbrough Council’s Executive Member for Community Safety, said: "Fly tipping is completely unacceptable and this man’s behaviour has rightly been punished by the courts.

"I hope this sends out a message to anyone else thinking of fly tipping that we will pursue you take all action available to us."