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Retired director guilty of operating illegal landfill
Summary
Tony Dean, aged 70, former director of Nephin Trading Ltd, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of three counts of operating an illegal landfill at Kerdiffstown, Naas, between 2003 and 2008. The charges concerned disposing of or recovering waste in breach of the Waste Management Act 1996, using a facility without the proper licence, and handling waste likely to cause environmental pollution. Dean pleaded not guilty to the first two charges and denied the third. The jury deliberated for 58 minutes before returning guilty verdicts on all counts. The case was adjourned to 12 December for sentencing. The trial lasted four weeks, with the Director of Public Prosecutions arguing that a "mountain of waste" had been deposited on a 25‑acre site, breaching two licences issued by the EPA, and that the site functioned as an active landfill producing significant leachate.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Retired director guilty of operating illegal landfill. Charges or matters: two charges that he, as then director of Nephin Trading Ltd, disposed of or undertook the recovery of waste at a facility in Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare otherwise than in accordance with the waste licence then in force, between October 2003 to September 2006 and, separately, between September 2006 and November 2008. Procedural stage: finding. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- October 2003 Adjournment
- September 2006 Other
- November 2008 Adjournment
- December 12 Adjournment
- September 2003 Incident
- 2003 and 2008 Other
- 2022-11-14 Publication
Why: He said the defence case was it was being stored in order to be eventually recycled. Defence account reported by CNI
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: two charges that he, as then director of Nephin Trading Ltd, disposed of or undertook the recovery of waste at a facility in Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare otherwise than in accordance with the waste licence then in force, between October 2003 to September 2006 and, separately, between September 2006 and November 2008 (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; The case was adjourned to December 12 for sentencing.
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