Thames Water fined £3.3 million as “millions of litres” of undiluted sewage was pumped into rivers

Thames Water has been handed a £3.3 million fine for a “reckless” incident in which “millions of litres” of undiluted sewage was pumped into rivers near Gatwick Airport in 2017. A two-day sentencing hearing at Lewes Crown Court was told there was a “significant and lengthy” period of polluting the Gatwick Stream and River Mole between Crawley in West Sussex and Horley in Surrey on October 11 2017. Judge Christine Laing KC said on Tuesday that she believed Thames Water had shown a “deliberate attempt” to mislead the Environment Agency over the incident, such as by omitting water readings and submitting a report to the regulator denying responsibility. Thames Water had pleaded guilty on February 28 to four charges relating to illegally discharging waste in October 2017, but had denied seeking to mislead the Environment Agency in the events, instead arguing that “significant errors were made”. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook:   / thescottishdailyrecord   Daily Record IG:   / scottishdailyrecord   Daily Record Twitter:   / daily_record   Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newslet... You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #thameswater #pollution