Blakenhall shop licence under review after alcohol breaches

A Wolverhampton City council committee will review the shop's premises license on 17 January

A shop in a Wolverhampton suburb is due to have its licence reviewed, after staff were caught breaching permits on alcohol sales.

Billa Mini Market in Blakenhall was found to be selling single cans of high-strength alcohol, and selling out of hours.

A City of Wolverhampton Council licensing officer has now applied to review the shop's premises licence.

The council's licensing committee will conduct its review on 17 January.

When council officers visited Billa Mini Market in May and June, they found the shop selling single cans and bottles with an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 6.5% or more, in a breach of its licence.

In August, another officer was able to buy two cans of beer before 09:00 BST, even though the shop was only licensed to sell alcohol from 09:00 to 22.45 BST.

"The reported instances are shocking and show a clear neglect of the Licensing Act 2003," Ryan Hollings, a public health specialist at the council, said in a letter to licensing bosses.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.