Father and son in court over illegal waste site in Cornwall

A father and son who ran a waste business at their then home in Cornwall appeared in court last Tuesday (April 11).

Michael Joseph Richards, 59, now living at Menorca Lane, Bugle and his son, also called Michael, aged 31 now of Ocean Rise, Scredda pleaded guilty at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court.

Both men admitted offences relating to running a waste site at their former home at The Paddocks on St Stephen’s Road in Sticker, without a permit.

Richards junior was also charged with transferring waste without a written description and with not being registered to carry controlled waste.