A pub and nightclub has had its licence suspended for three months after police found children in an “excessively drunk state” and concerns were raised they may have taken cocaine and ketamine.
Children as young as 13 were found drunk and unconscious on the pavement outside Sunny’s Bar and Bentley’s nightclub in Tywyn, North Wales, according to a report by Conwy Council.
North Wales Police were called to an under-18s disco at the premises on 22 September to a report that a 13-year-old child “had been drinking, was losing consciousness, and that the child may have been spiked”.
“When North Wales Police arrived, it was clarified that three children were in an excessively drunk state and that there was a belief that more children had been drinking,” Inspector Kevin Smith said in a report to the council.
“There was concern that children may have also taken cocaine and ketamine.”
Inspector Smith said CCTV showed around 50 children aged 12-16 attended the party and could be seen “bringing in bags and screw top bottles, the content of which may have included alcohol”.
He said the children were not accompanied by their parents and when they were told to leave they then “proceeded to lie on the bench and floor outside”.
CCTV was shown to sub-committee members behind closed doors.
Of the three “excessively” drunk children treated by the Welsh Ambulance Service at the scene, two were taken to hospital.
The force later received a complaint from a parent whose child had attended the party, who “alleged that a child had a knife and knuckleduster in their possession”.
It said it had received several calls to the venue since spring 2023, with 16 of those “involving customers fighting, threats of and use of weapons, drunkenness, children at risk, and theft”.
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Company running venue issues apology
In addition to Conwy Council suspending the pub’s licence for three months, the designated premises’ supervisor was also removed.
Emma Priestley, director of EJP Entertainment, the company which runs the venue, issued an apology at the sub-committee meeting last week.
“I can’t apologise enough that this has happened. Unfortunately, as I said, I didn’t know it took place or was going to take place,” she said.
