Restaurant manager tells police men in 'designer clothes drinking beer' are workmen
But the men told officers investigating a lockdown breach they had been told by the owner to hide
21:23, 15 APR 2021
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Merseyside Police requested a licence review for The Spice Lounge Bar and Grill after they found a suspected breach of coronavirus lockdown regulations. (Image: Google Maps)
A Liverpool restaurant manager accused of breaking lockdown rules told police officers that men wearing “designer-like” clothes and drinking beer on his premises were workmen, a council meeting was told.
Police said one of the men found in the basement area of The Spice Lounge Bar and Grill in Duke Street as officers entered on February 6 said its owner “told them to hide”.