Court convicts livestock farmers of air pollution under Art. 182 kk and imposes suspended prison sentences plus fines.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Regional Court in Nys convicted six defendants of committing the crime of polluting air, water, and land under Article 182 of the Criminal Code. The prosecution alleged that the defendants' livestock farming operations, specifically the spraying of manure and emission of odorous gases, violated the mandatory 500-meter distance from residential buildings. The court found the defendants guilty of acting jointly with premeditation and imposed suspended prison sentences of eight months each, alongside fines and a public notice requirement.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 182 § 1 k.k.; Art. 12 § 1 k.k.; Art. 4 § 1 k.k.; Art. 69 § 1 k.k.; Art. 70 § 1 k.k. in conjunction with Art. 4 § 1 k.k.; Art. 43 b k.k.; Art. 47 § 2 k.k.; Art. 627 k.p.k. in conjunction with Art. 633 k.p.k.: The court established that joint intentional pollution of the environment by livestock farming operations violating statutory distance requirements constitutes the crime under Article 182 of the Criminal Code, punishable by imprisonment which may be suspended if the defendant shows repentance.