St Albans News
St Albans pothole costs landlord £650
5:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
THE owner of a St Albans pub has been left £650 out of pocket after his car wheel was damaged by a deep pothole.
John McGowan, of Leverstock Green, who owns The Great Northern in London Road, damaged the wheel of his car just outside his pub last month.
He asked the county council for compensation, but was outraged when the authority's insurance company refused to pay up.
He said: "They said it was not the council's fault but an act of God.
"But I am £650 out of pocket when it certainly wasn't my fault.
"The very day after the letter arrived, the hole was filled in."
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