Belize: US National Fined $1.7 Million for Damaging Reef
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By S Coward
Published on 02-Jun-09
June 2, 2009 -- U-S
National David Lautner, whose catamaran destroyed a portion of the reef
near Lighthouse Reef Atoll around May 2, 2007, was found guilty of
recklessly causing a disaster that resulted in a loss of the
environment when he appeared in court. Lautner was fined 1.7 million
U-S dollars by Magistrate Ed P. Usher.