Polluting companies fined after fish die in Worcestershire brook

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Hundreds of fish were found dead in 2017 after Laugherne Brook was polluted

Two companies have been fined after hundreds of fish were killed by pollution in a Worcestershire brook.

Both companies accepted responsibility and were ordered to pay fines totalling £90,000 at Worcester Crown Court on 24 October. Waste then built up in the pump well instead of being sent to the sewer, causing an overflow of trade effluent, the EA said.

 

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