A PROPERTY developer must pay £640 for illegally destroying a bat roost in a house he was renovating (LT, July 7).
The cost of dealing properly with the bats would run into thousands. The cost of breaking the law appears to be £640. The deterrent effect of this sentence – worthless.
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