Kirklees (Huddersfield) Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

On July 17, 2024, at about 3.30pm on Tenth Avenue, Windybank estate, in Cleckheaton, Jemma Hampton's Perro de Presa Canario dog jumped over a fence from her garden and mauled 15-year-old Kobie Pollard as he walked to visit his grandma. The dog initially went for his face, but Kobie protected himself with his hands, resulting in severe injuries to his right hand, including a crushed bone and exposed tendon. The dog was subsequently destroyed.

Jacinta and Samuel Hunter operated a waste site on Queens Mill Road in Huddersfield in breach of environmental permits, storing huge piles of shredded and rotting waste against broken fences, posing pollution and fire risks. Despite EA inspections in 2015-2016, orders to move waste and repair fences, and warnings from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, no improvements were made. The site fire in 2016 caused extensive issues for fire services, council, and EA, costing taxpayers over £1 million.

Samuel Hunter, operating through Hunter Group and Huddersfield Skip Services, illegally stored and dumped mixed waste including treated and untreated wood, plastics, and construction waste on disused land near Bridge Road in Horbury. Inspections from October 2014 to January 2015 showed ongoing breaches, with waste buried in the ground causing contamination with plastics, glass, and other materials. He avoided £4,120 in permitting fees and £5,148 in surfacing costs to prevent pollution.