Environment
Anglian Water Services Ltd to be sentenced in July - Environment Agency
Anglian Water Services Ltd has been found guilty of failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement to provide...
Court
Agri-Business
Man 'trampled to death' by cattle while wife is left paralysed - HSE
A farmer has been given a suspended jail sentence after his cattle “trampled a man to death” and left his...
Agri-Business
Farm fined £36k after man is 'crushed' by 5 hay bales
A farming partnership in Surrey has been fined £36,000 after a man was “crushed” by five hay bales, which toppled...
Agri-Business
Veg producer fined over £70k after employee's leg is amputated
A company that grows mushrooms has been fined over £70,000 after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and...
Environment
Somerset farmer fined nearly £5k for polluting Fivehead river
A Somerset farmer has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the Fivehead...
Agri-Business
Horticulture company fined after lorry driver suffers third degree burns
A horticulture company has been fined £3,000 after a lorry driver suffered third degree burns on his body while making...
Agri-Business
€470k in assets seized in EU agri funding fraud case
Assets worth €470,000 have been seized in Italy as part of an EU agricultural funding fraud case. At the request...
N.Ireland
HSENI: £50k in fines given after engineer is fatally struck by tree
A total of £50,000 in fines was given out to a construction company and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council...
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer fined for water pollution in Northern Ireland
A 34-year-old farmer has been convicted and fined by a court in Northern Ireland for water pollution offences. Andrew Hogg...
Rural Life
US man attempted to create ‘giant sheep’ for captive hunting
A US man has pleaded guilty to two felony wildlife crimes as part of an almost decade-long effort to create...
N.Ireland
Court fines man for transporting unfit puppies
A court in Northern Ireland has convicted and fined a man who was found to be transporting puppies which were...
Agri-Business
Farmer fined over £5k after woman is 'trampled' by cows
A farmer has been ordered to pay costs totalling over £5,000 after a woman was “trampled” by more than a...
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer pleads guilty to water pollution causing fish kill
A Co. Down farmer has pleaded guilty in court to a water pollution incident which resulted in a fish kill...
Agri-Business
Poultry farmer fined £28k for offences leading to bird flu outbreak
A partner in a poultry company has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £28,000 for offences relating to...
N.Ireland
Man given community service for breaches of vet medicines laws
A court in Northern Ireland has imposed community service on a Co. Tyrone man for illegal possession of veterinary medicines....
Environment
Devon farm fined over £4k for polluting watercourse with slurry
Bycott Farm Ltd of Halberton, Devon, has been fined a total of £4,300 for charges related to polluting a watercourse...
Sheep
Farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals
A Gloucestershire farmer has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a ram, failing in his duty of care to...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer and hydroelectric operator failed to maintain fish pass
A farmer and hydroelectric operator in Derry was found guilty of a fishery-related offence and received a 12-month conditional discharge...
