Farzan Akhtar had his fine cut after claiming to be unaware that City Council officers were chasing him up over a rented home's licence.He had been fined £5,000 for failing to licence the property as a house in multiple occupation – but he had not appeared in court and said he only learnt of the case from a Nottingham Post report.City magistrates set aside the penalty and replaced it with a £1,300 fine when he finally appeared before them on Wednesday.But they kept in place a...
