Thanks to Danivon for pointing this out. Last month Tesco’s case before the council’s licensing committee was deferred to give them more time to prepare their case, and I had a sneaking suspicion that it was going to end up with a slap on the wrist – token fine or something.
Having a drinks licence suspended for 28 days might sound a bit lenient, and really it should have been 90 days, but it must represent a substantial revenue: enough even for a company like Tesco to notice in their smaller shops and certainly enough to make smaller off licences decide that flogging booze to kids isn’t worth the risk.
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