Pub managers fined for flouting smoke ban
A licensee couple have been fined for flouting the smoking ban after police checked CCTV footage at the pub.
Pub managers were fined for flouting ban
Marjorie Hogg of the Netherfield Tavern in Milton Keynes was fined £800 for failing to stop a customer smoking while husband Peter was fined £100 for smoking in the pub. The pair were ordered to pay £900 costs between them.
Warnings had been issued to the licensees in October and November last year after enforcement officers found customers smoking in the function room.
Police reported on 11 March that smoking was continuing at the pub and CCTV footage taken from the bar area proved their case.
"This is the first prosecution of this type that we have had to bring in Milton Keynes, and we hope it sends a clear message to all employers," council community protection manager Phil Winsor told Milton Keynes News.
"The brewery made it very clear that it is up to each individual bar manager to ensure no breach of the legislation, and on this occasion it was blatantly ignored."
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