The council said it would remove the dumped tyres

Victor Golding, 85, suffers from acute asthma and had just spent 10 days in hospital before discovering the mountain of rubber blocking his garage.

Mr Golding has contacted his council, who will remove the tyres, but he said he was "aghast" at what had happened.

"I have had a good life and I want to continue for a couple of years more, but I don't want this hassle," he said.

Fly tipping costs Kent and Sussex more than �1.2m each year - last year there were just 30 successful prosecutions against the perpetrators.

I am a good, living man, I am a Christian - why did they do it to me Victor Golding

Dartford council's website states that fines for fly tipping can be as high as �20,000 and that evidence which can help identify people responsible for dumping rubbish should be passed to the council.

"It is all a worry - it is just the thought of that it has been done to you," Mr Golding said.

"I am a good, living man, I am a Christian - why did they do it to me?

"That is how it goes in life, people do not have that kind of thought any more - they don't worry, do they?"