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Prison sentence for landowner who destroyed river on an 'industrial scale'

Landowner John Price has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after causing environmental harm to the habitats of hundreds of species in the River Lugg in Herefordshire

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock • 2 min read
Prison sentence for landowner who destroyed river on an 'industrial scale'

Landowner John Price has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after causing environmental harm to the habitats of hundreds of species in the River Lugg in Herefordshire The sentencing is part of a...

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