Man who lost £600m Bitcoin fortune wants to buy landfill to search for it

A antheral who believes helium accidentally mislaid a Bitcoin luck successful a assembly rubbish extremity is exploring the anticipation of buying the landfill tract earlier it is shut.

James Howells, from Newport successful South Wales, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly threw retired a hard thrust containing thousands of Bitcoins successful 2013.

According to the 39-year-old IT worker, they are worthy much than £600m and helium has been trying to retrieve them ever since.

Now helium is considering buying the tract truthful helium tin hunt for the missing luck himself, aggregate outlets reported connected Monday.

Newport City Council is readying to adjacent and headdress the tract successful the 2025-26 fiscal year, which would astir surely spell the extremity of immoderate lingering hopes of recovering them.

Mr Howells said successful wide reported comments connected Monday it had been "quite a surprise" to perceive of the council's closure plan.

Last period a justice dismissed a ineligible lawsuit helium brought to unit the assembly to let him to hunt the landfill site, oregon grant him £495m successful compensation.

He said the assembly had claimed successful tribunal that closing the landfill to let him to hunt "would person a immense detrimental interaction connected the radical of Newport, whilst astatine the aforesaid clip they were readying to adjacent the landfill anyway.

"I expected it would beryllium closed successful the coming years due to the fact that it's 80-90% afloat - but didn't expect its closure truthful soon.

"If Newport City Council would beryllium willing, I would perchance beryllium funny successful purchasing the landfill tract 'as is' and person discussed this enactment with concern partners and it is thing that is precise overmuch connected the table."

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Judge Keyser KC said Mr Howells' assertion had "no realistic imaginable of succeeding" if helium allowed it to spell to trial, The Guardian reported

Newport City Council has been contacted for comment.