Nick Hogan fined for defying smoking ban
4:04pm Monday 28th January 2008 in
REBEL landlord Nick Hogan has been fined £10,000 after being found guilty of four counts of failing to prevent people from smoking in his pubs.
The former licensee of The Swan Hotel and Barristers in Bradshawgate, Bolton town centre, was found not guilty of one count and was also cleared of four charges of obstructing council officers, however.
He appeared at Bolton Magistrates Court today.
Mr Hogan has sold his lease for the two pubs, The Swan and Barristers.
The first person to be caught flouting the smoking ban, Gerard Hart, aged 47, was spotted lighting up in Barristers.
He was fined £100, ordered to pay £223 costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge, at Bolton Magistrates Court in October last year.
The smoking ban was introduced on July 1 last year.
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