8,000BTC thrown in the garbage dump! British man's request to excavate 'rejected by the court': I will appeal to the highest court, the government should compensate me 600 million pounds

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British man and IT engineer James Howells mistakenly discarded a hard drive containing 8,000 BTC as garbage in 2013, and in order to retrieve the hard drive, the man negotiated with the local city council for years to dig up the landfill, and finally took the city council to court, but the court recently dismissed the man's claim... (Synopsis: 8000BTC hard disk lost in the garbage dump can not be retrieved, Ying man told the government: pay me 647 million magnesium) (Background supplement: 240 million magnesium BTC suspected of being stolen "lost 4064 BTC" Who is the sufferer? Analyst: Crazy money laundering) WalesOnline reported in October last year that James Howells, a man and IT engineer in Newport, England, discarded 8,000 BTC (worth about £1 million at the time) hard drives as garbage in 2013 due to a misunderstanding, and as BTC continued to appreciate, the man kept trying to find hard drives from landfills owned by Newport City Council, but the city council has long cited its environmental permit restrictions. The man's request to dig up the landfill was repeatedly denied. After the request was denied, the man eventually chose to sue Newport City Council and claim about £500 million worth of BTC damages, although he also promised to dig up the landfill himself without any cost to the City Council, and if he succeeded in recovering the BTC, he would give the City Council a 10% return. Court dismisses James Howells' lawsuit However, according to a recent BBC report, during the trial last December, High Court Judge Keyser KC ultimately dismissed Howells' request, commenting: In my opinion, if it goes to trial, the claim has no prospect of success, and there are no other compelling reasons why the court should continue to hear the case and grant Howells' request at trial. In addition, Newport City Council representative lawyer James Goudie KC also stressed that according to local law, when the 8,000 BTC hard drive enters the landfill, it becomes the property of the city council, and the city council's environmental permit restrictions will not allow Howells to enter the landfill to carry out excavation work. At the same time, the lawyer also said that Howells' commitment to donate 10% of BTC to the local community is actually creating a gimmick, the purpose of which is to attract the city council to participate in this risky action. Howells cried: They didn't give me a chance to get justice Howells was very frustrated by the High Court's decision, crying: This case was dismissed at the earliest hearing, without even giving me a chance to explain, without giving me any chance to do justice, there are many more things that can be explained in a full trial, and that's what I'm talking about. For the past 12 years, I've been trying to reach out to the Newport City Council in every way humanly possible, but now they're telling me that I don't have a chance. It's not about greed, I'm happy to share my gains. But this ruling took everything from me and left me with nothing. The landfill in the case is understood to hold more than 1.4 million tonnes of waste, but Howells says his team of experts has narrowed the target to 100,000 tonnes and predicts that the value of BTC in the drive could rise to £1 billion by next year. James Howells met with city council representatives in 2013 but has since been ignored, and for the past decade he has devoted himself full-time to the plan to find hard drives and give up IT work, and if the hard drives are recovered, the agreement he reached with investors will give him 30% of BTC, and the rest will be distributed to team members and the city council. City Council spokespeople have responded that they follow a strict monitoring and reporting system, consider James Howells' claim arguments "weak" and criticize Howells for diverting focus and wasting public resources, but James Howells said he will persevere unless the court determines that he has no right to recover, and he is ready to go to the Supreme Court to see the case to the end. Related reports BTC sky-high inscription "lost frequently" because of the wrong step! Four tricks to teach to avoid stepping on the pit The first BTC tax evasion conviction in the United States! Court orders surrender of $124 million BTCPrivate Key, sentenced to 2 years in jail The Irish government confiscates $370 million BTC but cannot be realized: Private Key may have lost the "8,000 BTC dump!" Yingnan's request for excavation "rejected by the court": sue the Supreme People's Court, the government should compensate me 600 million magnesium" This article was first published in BlockTempo "Dynamic Trend in Moving Area - The Most Influential Block Chain News Media".

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