Humberside Police have accused a Grimsby shop owner of trying to “frustrate the licensing process” after he was found selling stolen Poundland goods, including tuna.
North East Lincolnshire Council’s licensing authority on Thursday will examine a request by Jeyathevi Rameshkumar to transfer the premises license for Cartergate News and Wine from her husband Thambiah.
The force however, believe the application is an attempt to circumvent their own review application following investigations into criminal activity at the shop.
A statement from PC Garry Stuart Chapman, who is based in the licensing team, said that in December 2020, officers “became aware that the shop was potentially purchasing stolen food items from a known male to sell in the shop”.
Evidence said the man, who is currently on bail charged with a number of offences, would enter Cartergate with a “full shopping bag” but would leave “moments later with the same bag looking less full or empty”.
Items found included multipacks of tuna and jars of coffee, some of which were found on the shop’s shelves.
When confronted, Mr Rameshkuma admitted buying the products and putting them on the store’s shelves.
He also admitted that he knew the seller was a “thief”.
Thambiah Rameshkumar and his representatives before the licensing committee in August 2019.
Officers say Mr Rameshkuma attended the police station on January 7 to and asked the officer if police would be reviewing the licence and was told papers were being prepared.
However, on the day the papers were submitted North East Lincolnshire also informed Humberside Police it would be rejected, as two applications had been received the day before to transfer the license and change the premises supervisor to Mrs Rameshkumar.
“It is believed the two applications have been made as a result of knowing Humberside Police would apply for a review and this would delay or potentially prevent this from happening,” said the report.
“By transferring the premise licence between husband and wife there will be no significant change in how this business operates now and has operated for a number of years.
“It is extremely likely the premises will continue to engage in behaviour likely to undermine the licensing objectives.”
In August 2019, Mr Thambiah was warned he could lose his livelihood if he appeared before licensing again.
It followed an assault at the shop in which a customer was hit with a hammer by a staff member.
Subsequent visits discovered an ornamental sword and a plastic cricket bat behind the counter.
Previous reviews were made after reports revealed alcohol had been bought from the shop by underage or drunk street drinkers.
In 2009, licensing members tried to revoke the licence after feeling children’s lives had been put at risk, however, this was overturned at appeal.
Other issues include a knife incident and anti-social behaviour caused by drunk youths.
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We are saddened to report that a 27-year-old man has lost his life in a road traffic collision today (2nd December).
We were called shortly after 7pm to reports of a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle at Station Road, Tydd Gote. Despite the efforts of medical staff, the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
The A1101 was closed at around 7:40pm.
We are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact us immediately. If you were driving in the area at the time and captured dashcam footage, we would like to hear from you. There are a number of ways to get in touch.
By calling 101 quoting incident 346 of today’s date.
We are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on the A1.
Officers received reports of a two-vehicle collision at 5:41pm involving a black BMW X5 and a silver Citroen C5.
The driver of the BMW sustained minor injuries and the driver of the Citroen sustained serious injuries. Both were taken to hospital.
| Photo: RSM Photography
| Photo: RSM Photography
The A1 remains closed in both directions while emergency services are dealing with the incident.
We would like to hear from you if you witnessed the collision or were driving in the area at the time and captured dashcam footage. If you can help, there are a number of ways you can get in touch.
By calling 101 quoting incident 304 of today’s date.
Children at a Lincoln school were treated to a PE session led by Team GB medallist Sam Oldham.
The pupils at Lincoln Carlton Academy were specially selected by Persimmon Homes South Yorkshire to enjoy the unique training session as part of the housebuilder’s partnership with Team GB.
Gymnast Sam Oldham, who won a team bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, was guest of honour at the school where the pupils completed a warmup session, an obstacle as well as admire his medal and Olympic torch.
Year 1 teacher, Leah Catten said: “It has been wonderful to welcome Sam to our school. We aim to give each child the best start in life so they can succeed with confidence and Sam’s inspiring session helped the children to understand that anything is possible, if you work hard.
“He talked about uncovering his own potential and that’s what we want for our pupils. He has been absolutely wonderful, and the children were amazed by his back flip.”
Sam said: “It was wonderful to be working with the children.
“It feels great to give back at the end of my career. I am approaching my final chapter, but these guys are just starting out.
“I never had an athlete come to my school to talk about the amazing things sport can do for you, so hopefully the kids will feel really inspired today to get into sport because it is so important for their mental and physical health – maybe some of them could even be Lincolnshire Olympians of the future.”
Alastair Hart, sales director of Persimmon Homes South Yorkshire, added: “The school is not far from our Greetwell Fields development, and we are always keen to support the communities where we are building.”
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