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Farmer sentenced after turning farm into illegal waste site

A North Yorkshire farmer who allowed thousands of tonnes of waste to be dumped on his land has been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to clear the eyesore

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Farmer sentenced after turning farm into illegal waste site

Following an investigation by the Environment Agency, Hayden Fortune, 50, of Pyethornes Farm, Wigglesworth, Skipton, was sentenced at York Magistrates' Court on Thursday 26 March after previously pleading...

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