Fined £2,500 for waste offences

By The Newsroom
Published 5th Apr 2018, 16:03 BST
Updated 5th Apr 2018, 16:06 BST

A Banbridge car breaker has been fined £2,500 for waste offences.

Glenn Baird (58) of Commercial Road was fined at Newry Magistrates’ Court for keeping end-of-life vehicles at his premises without the appropriate waste authorisations contrary to Article 4.1.b of the Waste & Contaminated Land (NI) Order 1997.

A man has been charged with a car bomb attack on Newry courthouse on 22 February. The 51-year-old was arrested by detectives from the Serious Crime Branch in the Dunmurry area on Monday. He is due to appear at Newry Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning. No-one was killed or injured in the attack but the explosion did cause damage to the gates of the courthouse. It was the first time a large car bomb had exploded in NI for 10 years.placeholder image
A man has been charged with a car bomb attack on Newry courthouse on 22 February. The 51-year-old was arrested by detectives from the Serious Crime Branch in the Dunmurry area on Monday. He is due to appear at Newry Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning. No-one was killed or injured in the attack but the explosion did cause damage to the gates of the courthouse. It was the first time a large car bomb had exploded in NI for 10 years.

In January 2016, officers from the NIEA visited the defendant’s business premises at Dublinhill Road, Dromore, County Down and found him to be operating a car breaking and repair facility without the required waste management authorisations.

Officers noted over 200 end-of-life vehicles on site along with significant quantities of car components and body panels.

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