The case made history in that it was the first in which both the National Rivers Authority (NRA) and a sewerage undertaker have brought actions in respect of single pollution incident. Such double prosecutions were made possible by the Water Act 1989, which separated the poacher and gamekeeper functions of the former water authorities.
The prosecutions were brought against Appletise Bottling of Spennymoor, Durham, for an incident last Aug
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