Man hit with severe penalties for disturbing scheme with hazardous materials: 'The law has been upheld'

Man hit with severe penalties for disturbing scheme with hazardous materials: 'The law has been upheld'

A man in Crossmaglen, a small village in Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty to burying over 4,000 tons of illegal waste and faced criminal charges for his actions.  According to Armagh I, 53-year-old Eugene McEntee was spared immediate prison time after admitting to breaching two waste laws under The Waste and Contaminated Land Order.  The judge at Newry Crown Court sentenced him to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years, since McEntee spent…