Alleged dumping case in opposition to father and daughter anticipated to take three weeks

The trial of a Donegal father and daughter accused of greater than 50 costs regarding unlawful dumping is anticipated to take as much as three weeks when it commences within the New 12 months.

The case in opposition to businessman Jim Ferry and his daughter Louise was known as earlier than Letterkenny Circuit Courtroom.

The court docket was instructed that the case might take three weeks and could also be scheduled right into a particular sitting of the court docket which is scheduled for January.

Decide John Aylmer stated there may be already a case scheduled right into a particular sitting of the court docket in January which can take between three and 6 weeks beginning on January twenty fourth.

The case in opposition to Jim and Louise Ferry might now be scheduled as a again up case if this case doesn’t go forward or finishes forward of schedule.

Jim Ferry (63) and his daughter Louise (32), each of Slieve Sneacht Highway, Letterkenny are charged in relation to the alleged dumping by their firm, Ferry’s Refuse Recycling Ltd, on lands owned by Mr Ferry at Rossbracken, Letterkenny.

Books of proof have already been served on the accused.

The accused have been appointed two authorized counsel.

Jim Ferry faces 41 costs of unlawful dumping beneath the Waste Administration Act at Rossbracken, Letterkenny.

Expenses allege that he held, disposed of or handled waste in a fashion that triggered or was more likely to trigger environmental air pollution.

Included among the many costs are that he did not adjust to a discover issued by Donegal County Council in 2017 which was issued to cease him holding or disposing of waste on the location.

Mr Ferry is charged as being a director of Ferry’s Refuse Recycling Restricted and in addition because the registered proprietor of the lands at Rossbracken.

Mr Ferry’s daughter, Louise Ferry, faces 10 costs, regarding offences beneath the Waste Administration Act, overlaying a interval between 2014 and 2017.

Ms Ferry is charged that on completely different dates, and as a director of the corporate, she was accountable for waste being disposed of on lands at Rossbracken that was more likely to trigger air pollution.

Alleged dumping case in opposition to father and daughter anticipated to take three weeks was final modified: November sixth, 2023 by Workers Author