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A greedy property tycoon who horrified Yorkshire villagers by flattening their 200-year-old pub has been handed a £54,000 fine after not obtaining planning permission.
Property developer Wayne Low, 48, demolished the historic Travellers Rest pub, in Long Riston, east Yorkshire, last year despite pleas for him to stop.
Low, of Molescroft, Beverley, admitted failing to obtain planning permission to demolish the pub on January 30, 2020.
Property developer Wayne Low, 48, (pictured) has been handed a £54,000 fine after not obtaining planning permission before he demolished a 200-year-old pub in Yorkshire
He was fined £32,000 and was ordered to pay £21,968 costs. No separate penalty was imposed on his company AGML (UK).
Recorder Tahir Khan QC said: 'The harm that was caused to a heritage asset was exacerbated by the fact that your object was make money and, no doubt, the erection of something in its place that would generate profit.'
Locals were alerted to what was going when