Shopkeeper forced to pay £3,000 after selling child single cigarette for £1

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By Adam SmithWalsallPublished: Sept 19, 2023Last Updated: Sept 19, 2023Comments

A Black Country shopkeeper will have to pay out £3,000 after being caught selling a single cigarette to a child.

The shopkeeper was selling single cigarettes out of a tin

Mohammed Noori, from KNN News, Park Street, pleaded guilty for selling cigarettes to a 16-year-old volunteer after charging £1 for the single snout.

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