District Judge Martin Brown, sitting at Cardiff Magistrates Court, heard that toxic liquids had leached into a reen, or adjacent water course.

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But district judge Howard Riddle, sitting at Westminster Magistrates' Court, refused the application.

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District Judge John Zani ruled at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday that the extradition could go ahead and released him on conditional bail.

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But the case was transferred from Sheffield Magistrates Court to Sheffield Crown Court for sentencing because the district judge in the case felt his sentencing powers were not sufficient.

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