A sheriff has expressed her frustration at the time it has taken to start the trial of a chemical company which allegedly left 50,000 Perthshire residents without water.
Andrew Bailie, 37, operations manager at the now defunct Digestate Management Services Ltd, is accused of causing a pollution incident so serious it forced Scottish Water to shut down its supply in September 2015.
The alleged chemical spill on farmland near Bankfoot was so severe it reportedly killed fish and wildlife and caused a large-scale halt on the surrounding water supply, affecting Perth Royal Infirmary and Perth Prison.
It is understood to be one of the longest-running summary complaint cases in Scottish legal history.
The trial has been pushed back again, having called previously in January — much to the annoyance of Sheriff Gillian Wade, who said: “I cannot understand why there are still disclosure issues.”
The trial has been fixed for June 19, with an intermediate diet on May 31.
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Frustration as trial over water pollution in local area pushed back again
