More clearing charges loom

Aug. 9, 2014, 4 a.m.

ACCUSED murderer Ian Robert Turnbull must answer yet another allegation of illegal land clearing on a property at Croppa Creek in the states North West.

MESSY SITUATION: An excavator carries out work this week on a Croppa Creek property at the centre of a bitter dispute over native vegetation laws. Accused murderer Ian Robert Turnbull and his grandson Cory Ian Turnbull face fresh allegations of illegal land clearing.

ACCUSED murderer Ian Robert Turnbull must answer yet another allegation of illegal land clearing on a property at Croppa Creek in the states North West.

The 79-year-old, who is on remand charged with themurder of Tamworth man Glen Turner, is alleged to have cleared a further 320ha of native vegetation.

The latest claim relates to activities allegedly carried out at the property Strathdoon, about 60km south of Moree, between January and September 2012.

Turnbulls grandson, Cory Ian Turnbull, owns the property at the centre of the investigation, and is also being prosecuted by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH).

In a statement to The Leader, an OEH spokesman said the department launched the case against the Turnbulls on June 25 following an investigation.

OEH is also investigating other reports regarding the alleged illegal clearing of native vegetation on properties located between Moree and Goondiwindi, he said.

As these matters are either still before the courts, or the subject of continuing investigation, it is not appropriate to provide any further comment at this stage.

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