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Tooting store slammed for selling vapes to children 'in school uniforms' as owner 'hasn't learned lesson'

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Published date18 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Wandsworth Council said in a statement on April 11 that council officers also found 181 illegal single use vapes for sale at the shop on Mitcham Road. The vapes reportedly contained nicotine in amounts that were seven times the legal limit

The business pleaded guilty to four offences including selling oversized vapes and the underage sale at Lavender Hill Magistrates Court on March 26. The store reportedly claimed it had done all it could to prevent underage sales but could not provide any evidence of written training records. It also claimed it was unaware of the law governing vapes, which was introduced in 2016.

A Lavender Hill Magistrates Court representative told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the store had been fined £7,277.20 in total from the incident. This included £3,377.20 of court costs, a victim surcharge of £1,400, as well as three £700 fines and a £400 fine for selling nicotine to a minor.

The Tooting store previously had its licence to sell alcohol revoked for several breaches including selling booze and vapes to children in school uniforms. The business had also reportedly not maintained its CCTV system in working order and failed to keep a refusals log book, as well as selling...

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