Flyposting charges for music boss

A senior executive of one of the UK's biggest music promoters, the Mean Fiddler music group, is facing criminal charges over flyposting.

Managing director Melvin Benn is set to be prosecuted personally by Westminster council after ignoring its demand to stop flyposting.

Executives from some of the music industry's most powerful companies have agreed to stop sticking up thousands of illegal posters in central London every week.

However, Westminster said two letters sent to Mr Benn had been ignored and the posters had gone up since it launched a borough- wide clampdown three weeks ago.

Since it was founded in 1982 by Irish impresario Vince Power, the Mean Fiddler has grown into one of the country's leading promoters.

It stages major events such as the Fleadh and the Reading Festival and its venues include the Astoria in Charing Cross Road, where the Rolling Stones performed last year.

Mr Benn was not available for comment.