Nottingham Post commented Shop owner caught drink driving after fire damaged his business

A shop owner lost £100,000 in a fire and got a three-year driving ban while concerned about prospects for his business. Ahmed Karim's problems were outlined to city magistrates who heard that he was caught drink driving in Hyson Green at 12.05am on December 9. Bill Soughton, mitigating, described him as the self-employed owner of a shop on Radford Road which had recently caught fire. "It caused a substantial amount of damage and was not insured with estimates of the loss of...