{"id":34213,"date":"2022-08-30T16:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34213"},"modified":"2022-08-29T18:02:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:02:03","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-millionaire-70-jailed-after-refusing-to-tear-down-britains-best-man-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34213","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Millionaire, 70, jailed after refusing to tear down \u2018Britain\u2019s best man cave\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A millionaire accountant has been jailed for ignoring a court order to tear down \u2018Britain\u2019s best man cave\u2019 after a marathon battle with the council, reports Metro.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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\u2026 continually ignored planning law and policies that are there to protect local communities \u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Metro<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Grandfather-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.<\/p>\n

He was told he was being locked up for six weeks after judge Jarman QC ruled Wildin\u2019s attitude showed he had been determined not to comply with repeated orders from the Forest of Dean District Council throughout the planning case over the hulking construction at the accountant\u2019s home in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n

Deputy council leader Paul Hiett said: \u2018The enforcement case against Mr Wildin has been a long and complex road.<\/p>\n

\u2018In what should have been a completely avoidable situation, Mr Wildin has continually ignored planning law and policies that are there to protect local communities.<\/p>\n

\u2018The law is the law and we won\u2019t give up pursuing Mr Wildin and ensuring that he complies with the legislation in exactly the same way as everyone else\u2026 to protect local communities from behaviour like we\u2019ve seen in this case, we will continue to pursue those that ignore planning policy using the routes set out in law.\u2019<\/p>\n

Wildin was led away by court security guards wheeling a small suitcase and put in a prison van outside Cardiff High Court on Friday\u2026<\/p>\n

The millionaire, whose complex has been dubbed \u2018Britain\u2019s best man cave\u2019, built it in 2014 and was given two years to remove it in 2018\u2026.<\/p>\n

Sentencing Wildin to six weeks behind bars, the judge awarded \u00a310,000 costs to the council and told the accountant to render the building unusable when he comes out of prison or face being brought back before court, when he could again face more jail time.<\/p>\n

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