Ex-landlord jailed over smoking ban at Bolton pubs

Nick Hogan, 43, from Chorley, was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay fines for smoking ban breaches at his two Bolton pubs.

Hogan was found guilty of breaching the smoking ban in January 2008 at the Swan and the Barristers pubs he ran.

He fought the law and the law won.

Read full story on the BBC here

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