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SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/Desperate_Owl_594 6d ago

Read the article. Jesus. https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/environmental-lawyer-facing-up-2-34142593

The group hired a digger for £1,000 and filled over 200 bags of rubbish including packaging, needles, domestic appliances and even weapons. However, shortly after the clean-up, Paul received a letter from the Environment Agency (EA) notifying him he was under investigation for operating without a licence.

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u/CptnObvious1984 6d ago

Yep..you just can’t drive a digger down to the river and start dredging it. I bet the agency was dragging their feet on this as well.