Jump to full article: Lancashire Evening Telegraph (uk), 2008-04-23
Author: Tom Moseley
Intro: THE MANAGER of a Blackburn shisha cafe has been accused of flouting new anti-smoking laws for a second time.
Muhammed Jaber pleaded not guilty to failing to stop people smoking in the Sahara Cafe on Darwen Street on October 26 and obstructing an enforcement officer.
Last month Mr Jaber, 53, of Arncliffe Avenue, Accrington, pleaded not guilty to similar a charge relating to September 2007, claiming Blackburn with Darwen council was trying to make an example of him.
Council bosses said they "did not take any pleasure in launching court proceedings" but that they were "just doing our job".
The two cases will be heard in separate hearings at Blackburn magistrates court in June.
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