A West Yorkshire man has been ordered to pay back £2,000 for running an illegal waste site in a case brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The Environment Agency reported that Mark Butterworth, aged 49, of Springwood Mill, Pudsey Road, Cornholme, admitted the waste offence and was given an eight month prison sentence suspended for 12 months by Bradford Crown Court on 19 May 2010.
But the defendant was back at Bradford Crown Court again on 20 May 2011 where he was told to pay back £2,000 which had been acquired through his illegal activity. Butterworth has three months to comply with the confiscation order otherwise he faces 34 days in prison.
The case was brought by the Environment Agency under the Proceeds of Crime Act following a financial investigation into the profit which Butterworth made from his crimes.
It found the only property of financial worth which belonged to the defendant was several waste skips and as a result, the court ordered that Butterworth hand over the value of the skips.
In the original court case, Butterworth admitted 11 charges in relation to the unlicensed waste transfer station at Springwood Mill in Pudsey Road, Cornholme, between February 2007 and January 2008
As well as his suspended sentence he was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and he was made subject of a curfew between 10pm and 6am for three months.
Butterworth was also bound over for 12 months in the sum of £1,000 to keep the peace, with the warning not to bring or store waste on the site.
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Source: Environment Agency
