Two Jailed for Role in 'Industrial Scale' Illegal Dumping

Man faces steep penalty after being caught illegally dumping items on street: 'It can cause serious harm'

A Glasgow, Scotland, man is facing a heavy fine after he was caught illegally dumping furniture and wood in a residential area. After a lengthy investigation, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency traced the rental vehicle used in the crime back to Shaun Dougela, according to STV News. After Dougela declined to attend an interview with SEPA officers, he was given a £2,615 ($3,556) civil penalty, and he will also have to pay SEPA's costs of …

Two jailed for role in 'industrial scale' illegal dumping

Two company directors in Northern Ireland have been jailed for their roles in running one of the largest illegal dumps in Europe.

Two men jailed over ‘industrial scale’ illegal dumping

Court hears while exact tonnage of waste was disputed it ran to hundreds of thousands of tonnes and the value would be somewhere around £30 m in ‘relevant landfill charges

Mobuoy: Two jailed over one of Europe's largest illegal dumps

The Mobuoy site, near Londonderry, is considered to be one of the biggest illegal dumps in Europe.

Two Derry men jailed over one of Europe’s largest illegal dumps

Paul Doherty jailed over Derry’s Mobuoy illegal dumpTwo Derry men have been jailed for their roles in one of Europe’s largest illegal dumps, in Northern Ireland. Paul Doherty, 67, of Culmore Road, admitted seven charges between 2007 and 2013 relating to the contaminated Mobuoy dump at Campsie, outside Derry, and was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in Derry’s ‘blot on the landscape’. Co-defendant Gerard Farmer, 56, of Westlake, plead…

Mobuoy waste operators sentenced to a total of 33 months imprisonment

Two company directors have been sentenced to a total of 33 months imprisonment for their role in the illegal dumping of waste at the Mobuoy landfill site in Derry.