Six sentenced for multiple waste offences

Waste operators who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice that their sites posed a persistent fire risk - before fires broke out that burned for days - have been sentenced. <br /><br />Sentencing included prison sentences spanning 6.5 years and fines totalling more than £103,000.<br /><br />Six defendants appeared in court for sentencing at Teesside Crown Court on Monday 20 May for multiple environmental offences spanning across three sites.