Environment Agency investigation ends in successful prosecution

Quarry owners to receive £18,236.40 in compensation following incident

A sentencing hearing for Philip McDowell, 38, of Willoughbridge Lodge Farm, Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, was held at Kidderminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday 5 November 2025.

He had admitted allowing a discharge of dairy slurry into Lordsley Wood Quarry without an environmental permit at a hearing on 14 July 2025.

He was fined £5,300, ordered to pay compensation of £18,236.40 to the quarry owners and £14,430.34 costs to the Environment Agency. He also has to pay a victim’s surcharge of £2,000.

Compensation to quarry owners

The judge ordered the defendant to pay compensation to the quarry owners for the costs they had incurred following the inci

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