Branded a criminal.. because my underage daughter handed me booze from a high shelf; MUM'S RUN-IN WITH SUPERMARKET AND POLICE.Byline: EUAN STRETCH A MUM was arrested and charged with supplying booze Booze sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153] See : Drunkenness to a minor after her teenage daughter helped her shop for a cocktail cocktail, short mixed drink originating in the United States and served as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored with bitters or grenadine. party. Pint-sized Sue Savage, 47, asked 6ft 3in Tara, 15, to reach up and fetch pounds 10 of vodka vodka (vŏd`kə), traditional spirituous drink of Russia, the Baltic states, and Poland; it is now consumed internationally. The best vodka is distilled from rye and barley malt, but the cheaper corn and potatoes are commonly employed. and rum rum, spirituous liquor made from fermented sugarcane products. Prepared by fermentation, distillation, and aging, it is made from the molasses and foam that rise to the top of boiled sugarcane juice. mixers from a high shelf at their local Co-Op store. But as she placed the bottles on the checkout, a supervisor swooped. Mother-of-two Sue, who was wearing an ankle brace Noun 1. ankle brace - a brace worn to strengthen the ankle brace - a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" after breaking her left leg, said: "I explained the booze was not for Tara - it was for a party that I was hosting, but they insisted that I leave the items." Not wishing to cause a scene, Sue drove off and later returned alone to the store in Cranbrook, Kent. This time she was approached by a manager who told her: "I believe you are going to supply a minor." In frustration, Sue finally thrust a tenner over the counter and walked out with the booze - despite being warned she was breaking the law. She eventually rang police, who arrived at her home two hours later and advised her to return the bottles. And she was stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. when they also arrested her and issued her with an pounds 80 fixed penalty. Now Sue plans to contest the fine in court. "It's ridiculous," she stormed. "Does this mean anyone with children cannot go shopping with them and buy alcohol?" A spokesman for the Co-Op said yesterday: "We are a respectable retailer and have a legal responsibility to ensure that alcohol is not sold to children." CAPTION(S): TALL ORDER Sue with daughter Tara after shopping row |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion