A MARHAMCHURCH farmer has been fined £1,000 after pleading guilty to causing noxious or polluting matter or solid waste to enter controlled waters.

Mr Anthony John Grills, aged 37, of Trelay Farm, Marham­church, was also ordered to pay costs of £3,638 to the Environment Agency.

At Bodmin Mag­istrates' Court on July 14, Mr Grills had admitted that on November 7, 2008, he caused silage effluent and dirty water to entered controlled waters, namely a tributary of the River Neet at Trelay Farm, contrary to the Water resources Act of 1991.

The magistrates indicated that they took his guilty plea into account when passing sentence.