Penalised for Smoking in Van

I'm havin a fag...

Not in your van you can't

Welsh house painter Gordon Williams was fined by Ceredigion council as they deemed his van to be a place of work. Mr Williams contests that his van is only used to transport him to work.

“It not my place of work - I decorate houses not vans.”

Williams believes that the penalty notice is the first such handed out by the council since new smoking regulations were introduced last year, as the number on the notice was 0001.

He is reported to have been on a trip to the shops to buy teabags for his wife when he was stopped by council officials. Williams has appealed against the fine although he has already paid it.

What a drag. ...