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Woman, 20, becomes first person to be banned from every bar and club in the U.K.: report
That must've been some bender.
A 20-year-old woman has become the first person to be banned from every pub and club in the United Kingdom, according to the Daily Mail.
Laura Hall of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, cannot enter any drinking establishment in England or Wales for two years after being hit with a Drinking Banning Order, or "Booze Asbos," a new set of regulations introduced in the U.K. last September.
Under the statute, police and local authorities can ask magistrates to stop "anyone responsible for alcohol-fuelled crime or anti-social behavior" from entering establishments that sell alcohol, according to the Daily Mail. The rule does not apply to those with mental health problems, or to alcoholics.
So what exactly did Hall do? The report doesn't specify, saying only that she has been convicted of "a series of public order offenses," and had flouted bans from individual bars and clubs in her hometown.
If she successfully completes an alcohol abuse course, the ban could be lifted after one year.
"There have been some Drinking Banning Orders issued already, but this is the first to be issued on a nationwide basis," Seargeant David Roberts of West Mercia Police told the Daily Mail.
"The conditions will also help to protect the public from the anti-social effects of Laura's behavior," Roberts said. "We want to rehabilitate her rather than send her straight to jail, and hope the banning order will help Laura address her problems."
Rachel Seabrook, a spokeswoman for Britain's Institute of Alcohol Studies, said she was "not opposed in principle" to the extreme punishment but expressed skepticism that it could be enforced.
"How can a police officer in, say Wales, know whether this women has been banned if she turns up in his town?" she said.
Woman, 20, becomes first person to be banned from every bar and club in the U.K.: report
That must've been some bender.
A 20-year-old woman has become the first person to be banned from every pub and club in the United Kingdom, according to the Daily Mail.
Laura Hall of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, cannot enter any drinking establishment in England or Wales for two years after being hit with a Drinking Banning Order, or "Booze Asbos," a new set of regulations introduced in the U.K. last September.
Under the statute, police and local authorities can ask magistrates to stop "anyone responsible for alcohol-fuelled crime or anti-social behavior" from entering establishments that sell alcohol, according to the Daily Mail. The rule does not apply to those with mental health problems, or to alcoholics.
So what exactly did Hall do? The report doesn't specify, saying only that she has been convicted of "a series of public order offenses," and had flouted bans from individual bars and clubs in her hometown.
If she successfully completes an alcohol abuse course, the ban could be lifted after one year.
"There have been some Drinking Banning Orders issued already, but this is the first to be issued on a nationwide basis," Seargeant David Roberts of West Mercia Police told the Daily Mail.
"The conditions will also help to protect the public from the anti-social effects of Laura's behavior," Roberts said. "We want to rehabilitate her rather than send her straight to jail, and hope the banning order will help Laura address her problems."
Rachel Seabrook, a spokeswoman for Britain's Institute of Alcohol Studies, said she was "not opposed in principle" to the extreme punishment but expressed skepticism that it could be enforced.
"How can a police officer in, say Wales, know whether this women has been banned if she turns up in his town?" she said.
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