James Howells lost a high court case last month to force Newport city council to allow him to search the tip to retrieve a hard drive he says contains the bitcoins.
He said: “It [the council] claimed at the high court that closing the landfill to allow me to search would have a huge detrimental impact on the people of Newport, whilst at the same time they were planning to close the landfill anyway.
James Howells lost case last month to force Newport city council to allow him to search for hard drive discarded by accident.
The council has resisted Howells’ attempts to allow him to search, insisting that the hard drive had become its property when it entered the landfill site.
If Newport city council would be willing, I would potentially be interested in purchasing the landfill site ‘as is’ and have discussed this option with investment partners and it is something that is very much on the table.”.
