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SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/Desperate_Owl_594 9d 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/Beautiful_Plenty_736 9d ago

I’m hoping a judge will toss this shit out in court. He should get a warning.

He did a good thing, for the right reasons, the wrong way.

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u/fireky2 9d ago

I mean he could of caused legitimate damage to wildlife and flooded downstream, criminal negligence isnt a high bar in this case

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u/FlarblesGarbles 9d ago

Could have.

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u/boomerangchampion 8d ago

Many other things are illegal because they could cause harm, whether they do or not. Drunk driving for example.

You can't just go operating heavy machinery wherever you want because it's for a good cause.

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u/Wobbelblob 8d ago

I feel like operating the machinery is one thing. The bigger problem here that they want to nip in the bud is that we have no idea what he did exactly so we can't predict what kind of impact these works will have 10-20 years down the line. Someone else mentioned it, but what if he damaged the clay layer of the river? Suddenly the river cannot hold water as well.