Council: 1; Mancave 0 A millionaire accountant has been jailed for ignoring a court order to tear down ‘Britain’s best man cave’ after a marathon battle with the council.
Graham Wildin is waking up behind bars after an eight-year battle over his massive man caveGrandfather-of-five Graham Wildin, 70, is waking up behind bars this weekend after an eight-year fight over his home sport and leisure complex, which includes a bowling alley, mini-casino, squash court and cinema.
Deputy council leader Paul Hiett said: ‘The enforcement case against Mr Wildin has been a long and complex road. ‘The law is the law and we won’t give up pursuing Mr Wildin and ensuring that he complies with the legislation in exactly the same way as everyone else… to protect local communities from behaviour like we’ve seen in this case, we will continue to pursue those that ignore planning policy using the routes set out in law.’
The judge did not accept the accountant’s claims he had done most of the clearance work on his cavernous man cave, but could not afford to pay workers to finish it or physically complete it alone.
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