Scrap dealer to pay £400,000 for illegal car breakers yard
A dismantler claimed he was repairing vehicles, not stripping them, but made £1.3m over six years at his Westonzoyland compound in Somerset.
The case was brought by the Environment Agency following a joint investigation with Avon and Somerset Police. At Taunton Crown Court in March 2020, the scrap dealer was warned he would face a three-yeContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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