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5:29 PM April 16, 2021
Mark Martindale in court over setting fire to rubbish at Market Gates shopping centre Great Yarmouth
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A man with 29 arson attacks on his record set fire to rubbish at Market Gates shopping centre in Great Yarmouth.
Mark Martindale, 36, of Swaffham Road, Wendling, admitted arson on August 26 last year, when he set fire to rubbish behind a store at the shopping centre.
Norwich Crown Court heard that Martindale had 29 previous matters for arson all of a similar nature with many being started after Martindale had been drinking alcohol.
Martindale was due for sentence at Norwich Crown Court on Friday, but Judge Andrew Shaw adjourned the case so he could look at a range of measures to be put in place to ensure a close eye is kept on Martindale at all times to prevent further offending.
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NSW EPA
Western Sydney glass recycler fined $15,000 over storage breaches
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a western Sydney glass recycling company $15,000 for alleged breaches of waste storage conditions.
Glass Recycling (NSW) Pty Ltd holds an Environment Protection Licence to operate a resource recovery facility at Swaffham Road, Minto.
The EPA required the company to cease storing glass outside their processing building, which was a breach of their licence.
Following a series of reminders, an EPA inspector visited the site on 2 December 2020 and found glass was still being stored outside the building, despite the deadline for its removal having passed. The site has a prior history of non-compliance.