Co Down land owner fined £150 for waste offences

A Co Down man has been fined a total of £150 plus £19 court costs at Downpatrick Magistrates’ court for illegally disposing of scrap vehicles.

John Killen (36) of Creeghduff Road, Seaforde pleaded guilty to the charge brought under The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Officers of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) investigated a site at 42 Rockschapel Road, Crossgar, owned by Mr Killen on 17 of September, 2008 where a substantial quantity of scrap vehicles and parts of scrap vehicles was deposited. The site did not have a waste management licence or a licence to operate as an authorised treatment facility for end of life vehicles.

Notes to editors

1. Mr Killen was charged under Article 4(1)b. The charges related to: the treating, keeping and disposal of controlled waste, or knowingly causing or knowingly permitting controlled waste to be treated, kept or disposed of in or on any land except under and in accordance with a waste management licence.
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