TUC Risks 23 March 2007 www.tuc.org.uk
Persistent flouting of asbestos laws has finally resulted in imprisonment for two demolition men from Bradford, but another repeat offender has escaped with community service for a second time. William Reidy, 59, who had previous convictions for similar offences, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to 16 months in prison for depositing asbestos waste in contravention of environmental and special waste laws. His foreman, 61-year-old Leonard Imeson, was jailed for four months. Both men had pleaded guilty.
The court heard how they were paid to remove building waste from companies across Yorkshire, but boosted their profits by illegally dumping it.
A third man, Neil Medley, 45, was given 100 hours community service after he pleaded guilty to two offences of falsifying documents. Medley had an earlier April 1999 conviction for safety and child labour offences, after employing schoolchildren to remove asbestos. On that occasion he was ordered to do 240 hours community service, a decision which caused outrage, with the TUC, unions and campaigners all calling for a substantial jail term.
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