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By Kali Lindsay & Zesha Saleem Two people have been ordered to pay an eye-watering fine of £2000 after failing to clear disgusting waste from their garden – and abandoning a vehicle outside their home. Peter Horsley and Kirsty Bowden faced legal action from Durham County Council after a neighbourhood warden uncovered a mass of waste at their home in Stanley. The pair, both aged 42, were handed a community protection warning – this gave them seven days to remove the waste, which consisted of kitchen cupboards, a scooter, mattresses, and other household waste. However, the waste hadn’t moved aft…