Café owner (83) lapt for years, smoking ban on its boot: 8,000 euro fine

Begijnendijk The 83-year-old café owner Louisa Van Dingenen from Betekom, better known as Mit Baron, a fine of 8,000 euros to pay because they have the smoking ban — introduced in 2011— at her boot continues to rags. In spite of multiple controls is in its café are still happy to continue gepaft.

The last check at café Jos de Coiffeur in the centre of Betekom dates back to February 16, 2018. During an anonymous inspection it was found that no icons were placed to the smoking ban to indicate. There were also two customers of the smoking and at two tables there were ashtrays with butts. “The exhaust was not on and no wifi connection is present,” noted the inspector in his last report.

Also today there is not much has changed at café Jos de Coiffeur. Café owner Mit Baron, by contrast, is bright decrepit and is bad to the bone. But the smoking ban - introduced in 2011 - is still her cold clothes. The sigarettenautomaat is prominent in the brown bar is present and here and there are ashtrays on the table.

“Time for a lawyer”

“She realizes it's all not good”, says one of the customers. “But what can we do about it? He they are no longer in the court. Perhaps it is even time to get a lawyer?”, ask the tapper - lurkend of a cigarette.