Newry company fined nearly £37k for nor complying with NIEA in obtaning a waste management licence.

 Newry Car Breaker made subject of £36,440 confiscation order

Mr James Patrick Donnelly (65) director of Newry Van Dismantlers Ltd of Newry Road, Mayobridge, was t made the subject of a confiscation order at Newry Crown Court on 5th June.

The confiscation order was awarded following Mr Donnelly’s guilty plea, on 20 June 2013, to four breaches of waste management legislation and a further four related charges for his company Newry Van Dismantlers Ltd.

Officers of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency investigated a site at Newry Road, Mayobridge, County Down (operated by Mr. Donnelly) in January 2012 where a substantial quantity of controlled wastes in the form of end of life vehicles and parts of end of life vehicles was deposited. Officers revisited the site again some months later and found over 100 end of life vehicles and vehicle waste still present on site. The site did not have a waste management licence or a licence to operate as an authorised treatment facility for end of life vehicles. Mr Donnelly has subsequently applied for and received a waste management licence for the site at Newry Road.

Mr Donnelly pleaded guilty on 4 waste charges under The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and a further 4 waste charges under The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 on behalf of his company Newry Van Dismantlers at Newry Crown Court Crown Court on 20 June 2013.

He was sentenced at Newry Crown Court on the 3^rd June 2014 on one charge under Article 4(1)a and three charges under Article 4(1)b and also one charge Article 4(1)a and three charges under Article 4(1)b for his company Newry Van Dismantlers Ltd.

A Confiscation Order under the Proceeds of Crime Act has also been applied to Mr Donnelly to the amount of £36,440.30.

NIEA press release