Advertising executive Trevor Beattie has offered any "whistleblower" a "handsome" reward for telling how The Crooked House, in Staffordshire, was burnt down and then demolished
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An advertising executive has offered to reward "handsomely" any "whistleblower" who can tell how a historic pub came to be burnt down and then demolished.
Just 48 hours after a fire ripped through The Crooked House in Himley, near Dudley, there was a total demolition of the landmark pub and South Staffordshire Council said it is investigating potential breaches of the law. Its officers had carried out a site visit but had not agreed to "the demolition of the whole structure" or deemed that it was necessary.
Police and fire service experts are investigating the cause of a fire late on Saturday. It completely gutted the 18th century pub, two weeks after it was sold by brewer Marston's to a firm based in Warwickshire.
The Crooked House, which was famously lopsided as a result of quarry work nearby, had stood at the site for 258 years and its loss has attracted anger in the local community and further afield. Among those voicing concern over what happened to The Crooked House is 63-year-old advertising executive Trevor Beattie, originally from Birmingham.
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The businessman has said he will pay reward "handsomely" any whistleblower who can tell how the pub was burnt down. Taking to Twitter, Mr Beattie posted: "Crooked House scandal: I will pay any...
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