Businessman fails to quash jail sentence over rubbish pile
A businessman jailed for not clearing a towering rubbish pile has failed to quash his sentence and be freed.
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Robert McNaughton was sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court after failing to meet deadlines to remove waste from Refuse Derived Fuel Ltd in Moor Street, Brierley Hill.
This week he applied to crush the ruling and be released from prison at a hearing at the High Court in Leicester.
But after hearing evidence from the Environment Agency in court, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave dismissed the application and returned Mr McNaughton to prison.
