'Illegal shellfish gang caught in Southend with oysters harvested for profit'
A GANG of illegal shellfishers, armed with knives and screwdrivers, were caught with more than 30kg of oysters which is intended to sell for profit,…
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A GANG of illegal shellfishers, armed with knives and screwdrivers, were caught with more than 30kg of oysters which is intended to sell for profit,…
A restaurant boss from Newbury Park helped a gang of illegal shell-fishers gather oyster off the shores of Southend, a court has heard.
"The property was deteriorating," Ms Spencer said. Her team's main concern was over a potential fire. Fire alarms were not working, she said, while some doors were not fire proof and the building's electrical system was already being overloaded. She feared worse was to come in the winter as tenants switched on electric radiators. "I've been doing this job almost 25 years and the scale of it was the most extreme I've seen," she said. But some of the work could have been fixed easily, she added, including one criminal offence Sutton eventually pleaded guilty to regarding handrails being dan...
The flats at 60 Faiths Lane in Norwich. - Credit: Archant A landlord who ran a block of flats found in breach of housing regulations has been fined £6,100. Nick Sutton, director of the company Faiths Lane Apartments Ltd, which ran 60 Faiths Lane, a 40-flat block off Prince of Wales Road in Norwich, appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on Monday (April 12), where he pleaded guilty to six offences relating to breaches under the housing act. Nick Sutton has been fined £6,100 for the way he ran a block of flats in Norwich city centre. - Credit: Twitter The allegations, brought by Norwic...