Police bust pop-up pub complete with beer taps, pool table and Premier League football on TV and dish our £200 Covid fines to seven drinkers
- Leicestershire Police shut down a makeshift pub in Leicester on Wednesday
- Clip shows revellers playing pool and drinking as football played on Sky TV
- Seven fines of £200 were issued following the bust, Leicestershire Police said
Shocking footage has captured the moment police shut down a pop-up pub complete with beer taps, a pool table and Premier League football playing on the TV.
Leicestershire Police discovered the illicit gathering in Leicester yesterday, and dished out fines of £200 to seven men found inside the makeshift pub.
A clip from the bust shows officers as they enter the premises on Morris Road after responding to a tip, with one of the policemen saying: ‘Hello folks, what are we doing.’
As he enters the room, bodycam footage shows two men playing pool while another group are gathered on a set of barstools towards the back of the space.
He continues ‘Sorry guys for spoiling your fun’ as the men gather their belongings and appear to claim to all work together inside the building.
Leicestershire Police discovered the illicit gathering in Leicester yesterday, and dished out fines of £200 to seven men found inside the makeshift pub. Pictured: Bodycam footage of the scene
Footage then cuts to a second clip of officers issuing fines to those involved, who were gathered as the Leicester City match kicked off on Wednesday night.
It comes as Britain announced another 13,494 coronavirus cases and 678 deaths today, with both measures having fallen by more than a quarter in a week.
Department of Health data show that the number of people testing positive for the virus has dropped by 35 per cent from 20,634 last Thursday – and the daily death count was down 26 per cent from 915.
Police said a television was found to be connected to a Sky Box on entering the premises, with the football on and canned and bottled alcohol being consumed.
No money appeared to be being exchanged and there was no till present, it was said.
Sergeant Ben Widdowson said: ‘Officers acted on information received to carry out effective enforcement leading to seven people being issued with Fixed Penalty Notices.
A clip from the bust shows officers as they enter the premises on Morris Road after responding to a tip, one of the policemen saying: ‘Hello folks, what are we doing’
Police said a television was found to be connected to a Sky Box (left) on entering the premises, with the football on and canned and bottled alcohol being consumed
‘Gatherings such as this puts the lives of you, your family, your friends and people in your community at risk.
‘We will take action on information received and while we continue to encourage, engage and explain in relation to the regulations, we will enforce when clear breaches of the regulations have been made.
‘Times are challenging for everyone but please stay at home and keep yourselves and others safe.
‘We do continue to thank everyone who is complying with the rules and understanding why they are in place as well as to those who are reporting breaches of the regulations to us.’
No money appeared to be being exchanged and there was no till present, it was said. Pictured: The scene