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A five-year-old girl was fined \u00a3150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers.<\/p>\n
The girl\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Mr Spicer said his daughter burst into tears and told him \u201cI\u2019ve done a bad thing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tower Hamlets Council has since cancelled the fine and apologised.<\/p>\nMr Spicer said his daughter loved the idea of setting up a stall near their home.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just wanted to put a smile on people\u2019s faces. She was really proud of herself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut after a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut they turned on their mobile camera and began reading from a big script explaining that she did not have a trading licence.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter clung to me screaming \u2018Daddy, Daddy, I\u2019ve done a bad thing.\u2019 She\u2019s five.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were then issued a fine of \u00a3150. We packed up and walked home.\u201d<\/p>\n
A council spokesman said: \u201cWe are very sorry that this has happened. We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense and to use their powers sensibly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis clearly did not happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fine will be cancelled immediately and we have contacted Mr Spicer and his daughter to apologise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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