Director ban for asbestos dumper

A man has been banned from being a company director for three years after he dumped 20 tonnes of construction waste contaminated with asbestos on farmland in Northumberland.
He was also been ordered to pay compensation of more than £7,000 to the landowner who was left to clear up the mess.
Grant Brown, 35, of Throckley was sentenced at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court after previously pleading guilty to dumping waste on farmland in Stocksfield, failing to comply with duty of care legisla