Asbestos among 10,000 tonnes at illegal waste site

An illegal waste site operator has been sentenced after asbestos tiles were found among 10,000 tonnes of construction rubble on a site in Cornwall.
Martin Harvey, who operated the illegal site on land he owned at Shepherds Farm, St Newlyn East pleaded guilty and was convicted of two offences.
He received a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Harvey was ordered to pay back £72,500 he made from operating his illegal waste business by 9 Janua