Family Fined £70k for Illegal Waste Dump

0:00It's April 2nd. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Lester News today, Local News, Powered by AI. A family running and illegal waste dump in Lincolnshire just got slapped with a nearly 70,000-pound payback order. Joshua Canner, 31, Paul Canner, 55, and Judith Canner, 56, all from Bill Stone in Lester Shire, faced the music at Nottingham. Crown court this week. Joshua owes over 55,000 pounds, Paul nearly 8,300, and Judith about 3,120. This comes right after they did time in 2024 for dumping thousands of tons of trash on Fenn Lane and Long Bennington near Grantham, burning and bearing it under cover of night. Locals had enough, complaining nonstop about the mess with fire crews called out repeatedly. The environment agency and police raided the spot in April 2020, uncovering 11,000 tons dumped over 7 months. That cleanup? 1.2 million pounds down the drain.

1:01Judge Stephen Cupplin called Paul the Ring Leader, worse because he already held a legit waste license and knew the rules cold. Judith managed fake paperwork and cash flow, while Joshua jumped in on the dumping. They all pled guilty and served up to 26 months behind. 6 cars, 6 others got sentences too. The agency's clear, they'll hunt down every profit from these schemes. Case closed on the cash grab, but the message sticks, break the law on waste, and it catches up.