Bats' hospital roost was destroyed.Byline: ED JAMES Ed James (born Edward Stirk on 23 March 1976) is a radio DJ for 100.7 Heart FM, and currently hosts the breakfast show with Sarah Jane Mee on weekdays and Hellon Wheels on Sundays. A BUSINESSMAN appeared in court yesterday charged with destroying the resting places of protected bats. Ayub Bhailok denies the two charges, which arise from the demolition of a building where the bats were roosting on the former North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. Hospital in Denbigh. Bhailok is a director of Acebench Developments, who bought the former North Wales Hospital site for pounds 364,000 in 2003. The premises were subsequently sold to Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd, based partly in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700. Noun 1. and partly in India, but Bhailok continued to act on their behalf over ambitious plans to redevelop the site. District Judge Andrew Shaw, sitting at Prestayn magistrates' court, heard problems arose when demolition of the former Bryn Golau ward started in October 2007. Sgt Robert Taylor, North Wales Police's wildlife officer, said when he visited the site in November 2007 most of the building had been demolished and only two bats - a Lesser Horeshoe Bat and a Brown Long-eared Bat The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. - remained. The officer told the court that licences were required for the removal of such species and no licence had been obtained for the hospital site. Bhailok, 42, of Bank Parade, Preston, said he was unaware that a licence was needed. "If we had known we would have ensured that we obtained one," he said. The hearing continues. CAPTION(S): Businessman Ayub Bhailok arrives at Prestatyn magistrates court |
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