A SERIAL flytipper once dubbed the worst in Britain is up to his old tricks again.

Mark Bairstow, also known as Marcus, has admitted dumping rubbish across Hampshire, breaking anti-social behaviour orders and running an illegal waste site.

But Bairstow, who was jailed for nearly three years in March 2011, failed to turn up to be sentenced for a new offences.

He was due to appear at Southampton Crown Court to be sentenced for dumping construction, demolition and household waste at the Talking Heads pub in Southampton and Park Farm in Eastleigh.

But the hearing had to be adjourned to next month after the court heard that he was in Southampton General Hospital.

The hearing had already been adjourned from a previous date.

Judge Peter Henry, who was due to carry out the sentencing, told the court: “This case is beginning to have a bit of a history.”

Defending barrister Mark Florida-James said he had been unable to find out why Bairstow, 41, of Chelveston Crescent, Southampton, could not attend.

But he did say: “He’s having treatment for various issues which does affect his kidneys. Even though we act in his best interests, [staff at the hospital] don’t seem to be able to provide any information except that he’s staying there.”

Bairstow had also previously admitted breaching two anti-social behaviour orders and running a waste site at Park Farm in Eastleigh, by burning waste when there was no permit in force.

The charges relate to between February 2015 and September 2015.

Bairstow denies two other charges related to flytipping. These will remain on file.

Bairstow's notorious flytipping was even branded "sacrilege" after he targeted Holy Trinity Church in Millbrook

Judge Henry ordered that a medical report be written explaining why Bairstow could not be able to be present for his sentencing which will now be on Wednesday September 14.

He said: “I direct that a medical report setting out the diagnoses and treatment of his existing medical condition, the prognosis for recovery that will be provided by the hospital.

“If there’s any question of his fitness for September 14, there must be a full medical assessment and full reasons given why he mustn’t attend.”

He added that if the report was not ready by then he would direct that a hospital representative or his GP practice must be present in court.

Bairstow has previously been dubbed Britain’s worst flytipper after he was jailed for almost three years in March 2011 for a string of offences. At that time it was believed to be the longest sentence ever handed out to a flytipper.

He even left the grounds of Holy Trinity Church in Millbrook, Southampton, strewn with truckloads of rubbish, branded as “sacrilege” by the disgusted congregation and the wider community.

At that time council chiefs described how large-scale flytipping in the area had almost disappeared after Bairstow's arrest.