Laura Hall is the first person to be banned from buying or drinking booze ANYWHERE in England or Wales.
Magistrates slapped the Drinking Banning Order (DBO) on Hall after she was involved in a run of alcohol-related public order offences.
Cops argued strict measures were needed to deal with the 20-year-old’s drunken behaviour.
The DBO means Hall is not allowed in any pub, club, off-licence or bar in England and Wales for the next two years. She is also banned from buying booze – or having alcohol in an unsealed container or drinking in any public place. And she must attend an alcohol-misuse course.
The party’s over … Laura Hall in full swingSgt David Roberts added: “Rather than seeing it as a punishment, we hope she’ll use it to get her life on track.” Hall, of Bromsgrove, Worcs, had already been banned from all her local pubs before yesterday’s decision by Kidderminster JPs.
Licensing officer PC Neil Sharpe said he hoped the order would prove an “example to others”.
He added: “A DBO is a powerful tool for tackling alcohol-related disorder. We will not hesitate to apply for more and we hope that others with drink-related issues will take note of this.”
DBOs were launched by the Home Office last September. But Rachel Seabrook, of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, doubted whether the order could be enforced.
She said: “How can a police officer in Wales know this women has been banned if she turns up in his town?”
via The Sun
Step 1 is admitting that you have a problem….