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3 days ago
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Shop where illegal worker found could lose licence
A convenience store where officials said they found an illegal worker faces being stripped of its licence to sell alcohol. Hillside Stores in Kinson Road, Bournemouth, was raided by immigration officials on 7 November 2024, when an Indian man who had no right to work in the UK was found behind the counter. Dorset Police will apply to revoke the store's premises licence at a Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) meeting on Wednesday. Sujeevan Muralimohan, who is responsible for the shop's premises licence, told BCP that he was "committed to upholding all legal and licensing obligations". The man found working illegally at the business said he had started working there in mid-October 2024. Officials found he entered the UK on a student visa in 2022 but failed to enrol on his course. That led to his visa being curtailed, making him an overstayer with no right to work in the UK. The business was issued with a fine of £40,000 in January, an immigration official said in BCP papers published ahead of Wednesday's meeting. Mr Muralimohan said the fine was cut to £5,000 "in recognition of my full cooperation with the investigation". He said he has held a premises licence since 2011 and has "operated in full compliance with licensing regulations throughout this period, with no prior remarks or violations". Dorset Police will say on Wednesday that it – along with other authorities – "no longer have confidence in [Mr Muralimohan] to uphold the licensing objectives". According to the council documents, the force will also say it was "particularly concerned" nitrous oxide canisters were found at the shop. Nitrous oxide has been classified as a class C drug "where its intended use is not legitimate and likely to be used to inhale", said police. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. BCP Council Dorset Police
BBC News
6 days ago
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Bournemouth's Chicken N Beer loses licence after illegal workers found
A chicken bar where two illegal workers were found after a raid by immigration officials has been stripped of its licence to sell man and woman ran out of the back of Chicken N Beer in Stanfield Road, Bournemouth, when officials spotted them in Immigration Enforcement said the man entered the UK illegally on a small boat in 2022 and that neither of them had ever been allowed to work in the Council's licensing sub-committee removed the licence after a hearing on 20 May following an application by Dorset Police. The council said it was appropriate to take the licence away because Chicken N Beer showed there was "no alternative outcome that will mitigate the concerns raised by Dorset Police and Home Office Immigration Enforcement".The man found at Chicken N Beer said he had worked at the bar for "nearly a month" and had provided no official documentation to prove he had a right to woman entered the UK on a student visa in 2023 but her student leave expired in May 2024. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- BBC News
Bournemouth bar where illegal workers found could lose licence
A chicken bar where two illegal workers were found after a raid by immigration officials should be stripped of its licence to sell alcohol, police man and woman ran out of the back of Chicken N Beer in Stanfield Road, Bournemouth, when they were spotted by the officials in Immigration Enforcement said the man entered the UK illegally on a small boat in 2022 and that neither of them had ever been allowed to work in the country. The bar's premises licence holder, Roy Francis, said he had stepped down from being a director of the company that runs it before the man and woman were found working there. BCP Council's licensing sub-committee was told the man's claim for protection was withdrawn in February 2024 after he told immigrations officials he had worked as a cleaner at Chicken N Beer for "nearly a month" and said he provided no official documentation to prove his right to woman entered the UK on a student visa in 2023 but her student leave expired in May claimed protection, which is still under consideration, last pair said they were paid below the minimum wage and in cash, with the man telling officials he received £6 an hour for working three hours a Francis said the management of the venue's licence is set to be transferred to another BCP Council said that while it has received an application for the transfer, it has not received any payment for licensing sub-committee will make a decision on the licence, which could result in it being revoked, changed or left as it is, within the next five working days. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
