PANews January 9 news, according to Cointelegraph, James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, UK, attempted to recover a hard drive containing over 7,700 bitcoins, but his legal action was dismissed. The hard drive was mistakenly discarded in a landfill in 2013, and due to environmental permit restrictions, the Newport City Council prohibited Howells from entering the landfill for excavation.
The Welsh circuit commercial judge Keyser ruled that there was 'no realistic prospect of success' for the case at a full trial. Since 2013, Howells has repeatedly requested access to the landfill and offered to share the bitcoin proceeds, but all requests have been denied.
