A Co Antrim man has been ordered to pay a £40,000 confiscation order, linked to a conviction for dumping large amounts of illegal waste as part of a commercial skip business.
Noel Samuel McAllister (73) of Bentra Road, Ballycarry pleaded guilty in March 2017 to six breaches of waste management legislation, on dates between February and September 2015.
He was sentenced to three months in prison suspended for three years,
At Antrim Crown Court on Monday he was ordered to pay a £40,000 confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act for the financial benefit attributed to the running of his illegal waste business.
Northern Ireland Environment Agency officers investigated the site at Bentra Road and found that Mr McAllister was operating an illegal waste transfer station, depositing, keeping and burning large quantities of controlled waste as part of his Campbell Skips business.
Controlled waste found on site included concrete, brick, ceramics, plastics, wiring, scrap metal, treated timber, plaster board, clothing, tyres, food and food packaging waste.
