A border county builder has been fined for defying an order to remove waste material from his land.

Andrew Boyle from Enniskillen was fined £7,500 and warned that any further court appearances on the matter would see a new fine closer to the legal maximum of £30,000 being imposed.

The case related to the unauthorised deposit of concrete, bricks and broken pavers at the site at Feddans Road, near the Lakeland town of Enniskillen.

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Warning letters and an enforcement notice were ignored and when the small builder's premises were inspected in December, the material hadn't been removed as ordered.

In his defence, the builder's solicitor said that it was his own land and that by depositing the waste material he was seeking to increase the area of ground available to him for his business.

Costs of £75 and a further £10 court costs were also imposed.

(BMcC/GK)