The Dublin developer appealed his conviction and 'avoided receiving a criminal record'
The Irish Wildlife Trust has refused to accept a court-ordered donation from a builder who “entombed” badgers on a West Dublin site.
Experts told the court a family of badgers might have been suffocated after their sett was covered in tonnes of soil and tree trunks at a property near Citywest.Judge Jonathan Dunphy varied the earlier District Court order, applying the Probation Act, and told Mr McCarthy to make a donation of €15,000, to be split equally among the Irish Wildlife Trust, Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland and Badger Watch.
IWT General Manager Kieran Flood said: “At a time when nature is under huge pressure from significant habitat loss and damage, we need our courts to be tough on wildlife crime and send a signal to would-be perpetrators that if found guilty, they will face a full conviction for their crimes, including a criminal record.
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