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A farmer who bulldozed a riverside beauty spot to 'protect local homes from flooding' has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal.

John Price, 68, has had his sentenced reduced from 12 months to 10 months following an appeal after he was jailed for dredging a one-mile section of the beauty spot in Herefordshire.

Issues surrounding trade deals, imports, and farming policy were debated in front of a full auditorium at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in

A Herefordshire farmer who was jailed for damaging the protected River Lugg has had his sentence cut by two months. John Price, a potato, cereals and beef

John Price carried out ‘vandalism of the environment on a grand scale’, a judge told him.

A Herefordshire farmer, convicted for causing ecological vandalism on an industrial scale, has seen his prison sentence reduced from one year to 10 months. John Price of Kingsland, committed these environmental atrocities along the beautiful stretch of the River Lugg.

A Herefordshire farmer who was sentenced to prison after he dredged a mile-long stretch of the River Lugg has had his sentence reduced following an appeal.

John Price carried out ‘vandalism of the environment on a grand scale’, a judge told him.

A HEREFORDSHIRE farmers prison sentence has been described as justice for the river Lugg by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.

John Price carried out ‘vandalism of the environment on a grand scale’, a judge told him.