- Underage drinking, drug concerns
- Licence suspended for three months
- Venue faces multiple issues
A report by Conwy Council states that children as young as 13 were discovered inebriated and incapacitated on the pavement outside Sunny’s Bar and Bentley’s nightclub in Tywyn, North Wales.
A license has been suspended for three months at a pub and nightclub in response to police discovering minors in an “excessively drunk state” and concerns that they may have ingested cocaine and ketamine.
A report by Conwy Council states that children as young as 13 were discovered inebriated and incapacitated on the pavement outside Sunny’s Bar and Bentley’s nightclub in Tywyn, North Wales.
On September 22, North Wales Police were dispatched to the location of an under-18s disco in response to an allegation that a 13-year-old child “had been consuming alcohol, was experiencing loss of consciousness, and potentially had been spiked.”
“Upon the arrival of North Wales Police, it was ascertained that three children were significantly intoxicated. And further suspicions suggested that additional children had consumed alcohol,” Inspector Kevin Smith wrote in a council report.
Apprehension arose regarding the potential ingestion of cocaine and ketamine by minors.
Approximately fifty minors between the ages of 12 and 16 were observed “bringing in bags and screw-top bottles, the contents of which may have been alcohol,” according to CCTV footage viewed by Inspector Smith at the party.
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He said the kids were left alone and “proceeded to lie on the bench and floor outside” when told.
Members of the subcommittee were shown CCTV footage behind closed doors.
Two of the three Welsh Ambulance Service-treated “excessively” inebriated youngsters were hospitalised.
A subsequent complaint was filed with the force by a parent whose child had been present at the party. The parent claimed that their child had a knife and knuckleduster.
It stated that since spring 2023, the venue had been the recipient of numerous inquiries, sixteen of which “involved customers fighting, threats or use of weapons, intoxication, children in danger, or theft.”
The operator of the venue issued an apology.
In conjunction with the three-month suspension of the pub’s license by Conwy Council, the designated premises’ superintendent was also terminated.
Emma Priestley, the director of the venue’s operating company, EJP Entertainment, expressed remorse during last week’s subcommittee meeting.
“My sincerest apologies are insufficient for what has transpired. “Unfortunately, as previously stated, I was unaware that it occurred or was in progress,” she explained.
