{"id":1248594,"date":"2024-03-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1248594"},"modified":"2024-03-14T07:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:51:20","slug":"court-farmer-fined-for-water-pollution-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/court-farmer-fined-for-water-pollution-in-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Court: Farmer fined for water pollution in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A 34-year-old farmer has been convicted and fined by a court in Northern Ireland for water pollution offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrew Hogg of Coollane Road, Maguiresbridge appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates\u2019 Court yesterday (Wednesday, March 13) where he was fined a total of \u00a3500 plus \u00a315 offenders levy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hogg pleaded guilty and was fined \u00a3250 under Article 7(1)(a) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 for the offence of making a polluting discharge to a waterway on June 16, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also pleaded guilty and was fined \u00a3250 under Article 7(2) of the same order for making a discharge of trade or sewage effluent into a waterway between May 18, 2023 and July 4, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n