Environment Agency prosecutor wins libel damages
By Michael Cross2021-03-02T15:50:00+00:00 Business owners who accused a senior solicitor with the Environment Agency of initiating a ‘vindictive’ prosecution and being 'willing to go to any length to gain a conviction whether fair or not' have agreed to apologise and pay damages following a defamation action. Dylan Sadler, a prosecutor with the agency took action against the owners and operators of the Plants Galore garden centres in Devon after they posted a press release online following convictions for operating an unlicensed waste site. Sadler sued, describing the allegations wer...