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Devon farm partnership fined almost 拢20k for repeat slurry pollution incidents

The Environment Agency said the farmer 'failed to learn his lesson despite multiple prosecutions and warnings'

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
A farmer has been fined following repeated pollution incidents
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A farmer has been fined following repeated pollution incidents

A farm partnership has been told to pay out 拢19,468 after improper slurry spreading led to multiple pollution incidents in a tributary of the River Yarty. Exeter Magistrates Court heard that D I & R...

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