A Llandybie pub has had its licence reviewed after two 15-year-old girls were sold alcohol.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s licensing committee carried out the review of the premises licence of the Red Cow in Llandeilo Road, Llandybie, last week.
Police licensing officer Constable Hugh Davies said that police carried out a test purchasing operation at the Red Cow on October 31 last year when two 15-year-old girls were served with bottles of Smirnoff Ice by the designated premises supervisor Paul Melpham. They were not carrying any form of identification and were not questioned about their age or asked to produce ID.
Matthew Phipps, for owners SA Brain, said the incident happened after the couple had run the pub for 16 trouble-free years.
“It is a blip on an otherwise unblemished record,” he said.
The committee decide that the premises licence holder should be warned about selling alcohol to under-18s, that staff should be made aware of the licence conditions and that the designated premises supervisor should have further training.
Executive board member for housing and public protection Cllr Hugh Evans said: “The authority has a clear duty under licensing legislation to protect young children from harm.
“We take the issue of under age drinking very seriously and a licence review is a way of preventing problems from recurring.”
