Dungiven Businessman sentenced to custodial sentence at Londonderry Crown Court for Waste Offences
Mr. Trevor Mulhern (50) of Altmoyer Road, Dungiven, was today sentenced to a custodial sentence of 15 months suspended for three years to run concurrently, for five waste offences at Londonderry Crown Court.
Mr. Mulhern, a former director of TJC Sand and Gravel Ltd pleaded guilty on 19th April 2024 to five charges relating to waste offences under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which occurred between 22 November 2017 and 1 November 2018. These offences included unlawful deposit and treating of waste and waste pollution offences. His Honour Judge Rafferty sentenced Mr Mulhern to a custodial sentence of 15 months suspended for three years to run concurrently for the five waste offences.
On 22 November 2017 NIEA officers, on routine duties discovered a large deposit of waste on the site of a sand and gravel quarry located at Longland Road, Londonderry and operated by TJC Sand and Gravel Ltd. On 21 June 2017 the NIEA undertook an intrusive survey on the quarry site, when they identified approximately 1,377 tonnes of controlled waste in the form of trommel fines, which had been deposited on and buried in a number of areas throughout the quarry.
On 13 June 2017, NIEA officers attended a second sand and gravel quarry being operated by the same company, located at Tornoge Road, Donemana, where they identified further waste deposits. NIEA officers later returned to the site and undertook two further intrusive surveys which identified that 68 tonnes of waste trommel fines had been buried within the site. Following NIEA's investigation, Mr Trevor Mulhern, a director of the limited company operating both quarry sites, was reported to the Public Prosecution Service for waste offending.