Fish kill!!

[Colin Payne]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2771969.stm

 

Very sad.....anyone near here at all?

[monkeyboy]

Im disgusted how people are so careless.

I hope ther sue the perpetrator for eery penny!

[monkeyboy]

Im disgusted how people are so careless.

I hope ther sue the perpetrator for every penny!

[Chris Plumb]

Alas any fines are likely to be pathetically low. :mad:

 

Look here for recent court cases.

 

 

Chris

[Ed Matysiak]

:mad:

[Peter Waller]

Carelessness, or vandalism? Either way it is criminal. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Bill Eborn]

Following Chris's link

 

"The average fine per prosecution for companies was £6,410 compared with £8,090 in 2000 (although a very few large fines in 2000 affected the average for that year)."

 

Pathetic isn't it?

[Jon Hedges]

I am absolutely amazed at this figure, it is astounding. Can somebody please explain why burglary (1st offence) is usually a conditional discharge, fishing without a license is £2k fine (NO I don't condone it) but killing thousands of fish is £6k only ?

Surely the owners of the stretch should take a private prosecution to at least recover the cost of the replacing the fish. (I am sure as a newcomer I have missed hundreds of similar threads on this type of thing).

[Apache]

Maggot Drowners seems to be of the same opinion as us:

 

-Any fine handed down will be pathetically small,

-The fine will not reflect the level of compensation and punishment needed,

-It's simply not good enough.

 

And unhappily I have to agree with those points too.[ !][ !]

[poledark]

jonhedges, if the owners are members of the ACA then they will fight their case for them,

 

Den