Environment Agency investigation ends in successful prosecution

Waste dumped at four sites around Nottinghamshire

Case heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday 8 October 2025

At Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday 8 October 2025, Thomas Reilly, 74, of Mill Acre Close, Ilkeston, Derby, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to 4 offences.

These offences were for operating sites without the necessary environmental permits and illegally depositing waste on land between 2016 and 2023.

He was fined a total of £19,248, ordered to pay costs of £17,500 and a victim surcharge of £120.

The court heard that Reilly traded as Tom/Thomas Reilly Groundworks.

He admitted operating an illegal waste site at Top Farm, Barton Lane, Barton-in-Fabis near Nottingham between 2016 and 2021

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