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Trevor Darnes, a senior environmental health officer at Fenland Council, said the CCTV footage obtained by police showed “clear breaches” of the licensing objectives (public safety and prevention of crime and disorder).
Mr Darnes said Cllr Balsevics must have seen people not adhering to Covid rules and that he committed “many breaches himself, such as not washing hands and not wearing a face covering”.
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He added: “To put people’s lives at risk is not acceptable and the evidence is clear from the footage.
Wisbech mayor faces five day wait to discover his fate after licensing review following allegations of covid-19 breaches at his pub
| Updated: 18:37, 15 March 2021
Fenland s environmental health team have been accused of using a sledge hammer to crack a nut during a five hour hearing into alleged breaches of covid rules at a Wisbech pub.
The review hearing called by Fenland District Council s environmental health department into the allegations against publican and Wisbech mayor Aigars Balsevics at his Angel Inn premises lasted for over five and a half hours today (Monday).
The hearing went ahead despite a plea by David Dadds, the legal representative for Mr Balsevics and pub owners Elgood s Brewery, for a four week adjournment to give them time to call witnesses and properly analyse CCTV evidence and also called for it to be heard privately.