A WOMAN who allowed household waste to accumulate in her back garden blamed ill-health for the lapse.
Blackburn magistrates heard Hayley Wignall was specifically banned from keeping household waste in her garden "to the detriment of her neighbourhood" under the terms of an anti-social behaviour order.
Wignall, 29, of Isherwood Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to a breach of the order.
She was fined £100 and ordered to pay £75 costs.
Neil White, prosecuting, said the ASBO was imposed in April 2006 after a conviction under the Environmental Protection Act.
"Council officers visited on August 7 and noted rubbish in the garden and when they returned in September there was even more," said Mr White.
"She has carried on doing exactly the thing the order was designed to prevent."
Liz Parker, defending, said Wignall had tremendous problems with her health and had been in and out of hospital for some time.
She said the problem with rubbish had started when Wignall had her wheelie bin stolen.
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