A company boss accused of dumping 27 tonnes of untreated waste on a country lane has today pleaded not guilty to nine offences.
A row of houses in the village of Curborough near Lichfield found itself cut off after the dump blocked access during the night of 19 January.
Lichfield District Council, who cleared up the mess at a cost of £10,000, brought a prosecution against Darren Sheen, a director of Fusion Engineering, after investigating the origins of the 10-foot-high pile that stretched for 27 yards.
Today, 40-year-old Sheen from Uttoxeter, wearing a dark blue shirt, dark blue tie and navy trousers denied nine offences from the dock of Stafford Crown Court.
These included depositing controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution or harm to human health, failure to transfer waste to an authorized person and willful obstruction of a highway.
