Girl, 5, fined £150 for lemonade stand
A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers.The girl's father Andre Spicer said his daughter had set up the stall in Mile End, east London, while thousands of music fans were on their way to the Lovebox Festival at the weekend. Mr Spicer said his daughter burst into tears and told him "I've done a bad thing". Tower Hamlets Council has since cancelled the fine and apologised.
Image copyright Andre Spicer Image caption The girl was fined for trading without a licence
Mr Spicer said his daughter loved the idea of setting up a stall near their home."She just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. She was really proud of herself," he said. "But after a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road.
"I was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home.
I understand the importance of justice and the importance of respecting the law. I always did that and I made sure to not do anything wrong that would upset others and that would get me in trouble with the police.
However, when things like this happen, I start to question the judgment of other people. Fining a kid for selling lemonade it's just stupid. There are things way worse than that and nobody takes care of them, but a kid selling lemonade is the true danger in this world.
I get it that all "infractions" are equal, but you can't compared selling lemonade to murdering someone. That's just common sense.
haha mental