Another Savage, Rightly In The Slammer.....

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/farmer-jailed-for-wanton-destruction-of-stretch-of-herefordshire-river-12862372
...mindless vandalism.

[Ellipsis]

Yep, he's a nutjob. When you look at what hurdles have been jumped in Clarkson's Farm, and then this, it beggars belief ...

[Kardashev]

Yes out of order, "savage" seems harsh.

[davebro]

12 mths & £600,000 costs. Richly deserved!

[ToraToraTora]

I cannot see what purpose this served for him anyway. He claims it was about flood prevention but it seems to have made that worse. Is there a hidden motive here?

[Gromit]

// The £1.6bn subsidy farmers receive every year for simply owning or renting land will be phased out by 2028, with the funds used instead to pay them to restore wild habitats, create new woodlands, boost soils and cut pesticide use.
Some of the biggest recipients of the existing scheme have been the Duke of Westminster, the inventor Sir James Dyson, racehorse owner Prince Khalid bin Abdullah al Saud and the King. //

Yep, another epic failure of Brexit is that the Government will pay farmers like this one, £Billions to protect the countryside.

[jno]

environmentally speaking, it seems fairly minor compared with the gazillion tons of sewage the water companies are pouring into rivers and seas. Not many of them in jail.

[Ellipsis]

Hiding in plain sight ...

[retrocop]

I reckon this is worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/sewage-soaked-field-stops-creation-of-new-woodland-in-greater-manchester

[fripfrip]

jno,two wrongs do not make a right.

[tomus42]

I suspect a hidden motive too, but it's not possible to tell from the story as reported.

[Gromit]

Retrocop is back. AB Towers are desperate.