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Fining 59-year-old John Holland the ludicrously small sum of £116,000 for turning a beauty spot into a rubbish dump and illegal caravan park sends the wrong message to hundreds of other scofflaws who blight the environment with illegal fly-tipping ( Metro, Thu ).

Given Holland made in excess of £1million in the process, it leaves him with a £900,000 profit from his crime .

The only appropriate sentence for Holland and others of his ilk would be a mandatory minimum of ten years behind bars, a heavy fine and confiscation of all profits they’ve made, or items bought with the profits of their crimes.

The bewigged buffoon

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