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WATCH: Police issue £10,000 'super fine' after up to 50 people found partying at pub lock-in

Police have issued a £10,000 fine after finding up to 50 people partying at a Birmingham pub lock-in.

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Officers arrived at The Spotted Dog in Digbeth at 11pm on October 30 to find music still blaring and no social distancing in place.

Police say there were more than 40 people inside the premises, dancing, smoking and mixing households.

Rules at the time meant groups shouldn't have been mixing inside the pub, which should have closed by 10pm.

Attending officers were told the gathering happened because people were expecting the pub to have to shut within days.

Police have now issued a £10,000 fine because of the scale of the breach at the Warwick Street pub.

This is the ninth time that West Midlands Police has issued the so-called 'super fine', which are reserved for the most serious breaches of law.

Sgt Nick Giess, of Birmingham licensing, said: “This was sadly yet another example of someone who should know the restrictions around coronavirus all too well putting people at risk.

“There were around 40 to 50 people in there, smoking and dancing, and showing no regard for the seriousness of the situation the region and the country finds itself in.”

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