Bluff Community Board member Graham Laidlaw before the courtsBluff Community Board member Graham Laidlaw faces a trial by jury after pleading not guilty to a charge of discharging refined aluminium dross onto land owned by the Invercargill City Council. Court documents say charges against Laidlaw were filed by Environment Southland in August last year and his first appearance was in October. In December, Laidlaw, a 50-year-old farmer near Bluff, pleaded not guilty and elected a trial by jury. Court documents say his next appearance is scheduled to be a case review hearing in June. The maximum penalty for such an offence is two years prison or a maximum $300,000 fine.

Source: Stuff March 12, 2018 02:03 UTC