BOOZE BAN FOR TOWN CENTRES.Byline: by VICKI KELLAWAY CRIME chiefs hope to slash anti-social behaviour this Christmas - by banning booze Booze sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153] See : Drunkenness in two town centres. Councillors are outlawing alcohol on the streets of Prescot and Kirkby town centres. Officers will have the power to confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as booze from anyone caught drinking and causing a nuisance nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor's light) is one that affects one or a few persons, while a public nuisance (e.g. outside licensed premises. Police can also arrest anyone who fails to co-operate. Prescot and Kirkby are the first town centres in Merseyside to fall under the new designated Public Place Orders. Both orderswill be in force from December 18. Cabinet member for community safety Cllr Jackie Harris said: "I am confident the alcohol-free zones will have a real impact on crime and safety in the area. "The council and police will not tolerate what is a national trend to binge drink in public." The Safer Knowsley Partnership obtained the orders from the council's licensing committee after consultation with schools, councillors and licensed premises. vickikellaway@liverpoolecho.co.uk |
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