Maldon Chronicle published Sunny Sailor pub ownerJohn Wilsdon slams Maldon council after...

A BUSINESSMAN has slammed the council after being fined more than £5,000 for carrying out illegal building work on his grade two listed pub.John Wilsdon, 65, initially denied breaching building regulations by carrying out work on a chimney stack at the 300-year-old Sunny Sailor pub, days before it caught fire in December last year.He changed his plea to guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday, however, and was fined £5,250, while all charges against his wife Susan were...