OFF licenses and pubs in Worcestershire have been found selling alcohol to children

Pubs still selling booze to kids – findings

Out of 34 off licences and 13 pubs visited by the county’s regulatory services team using child volunteers who look their true age, six sales occurred. Two were at off licenses in the Droitwich area while four occurred at two pubs in Redditch and two in Kidderminster.

In each case the sellers did not challenge the volunteers for identification or ask them their age. Investigations are now underway and offenders could be hit with a fine of up to £1,000.

Tracey Blanchard, Worcestershire’s fair trading officer, said it was “very alarming” that nearly a third of the pubs visited sold alcohol to the youngsters. “They should certainly have been challenged and at the very least asked for identification,” she said. “We will be continuing our investigations into underage sales across the county.”

The visits in the Wychavon, Redditch, Wyre Forest and Malvern Hills districts were carried out at premises targeted on the basis of information from the police and local intelligence.

Source: Redditch Advertiser

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