The inn crowd was over double the licensed limit

Wednesday 27th February 2008, 2:29PM GMT.

Ship & Crown licensee Mark Pontin has lost his unblemished record as a landlord after a police and Fire and Rescue Service spot check found 117 people too many in the Town pub. (Picture by Daniel Guerin, 0285691)

PUBLICAN Mark Pontin let more than twice as many people into the Ship & Crown as he should have – and that cost him a £1,200 fine.

The Magistrate’s Court heard that 217 customers were inside when the police and Fire and Rescue Service did a spot check on 8 December.
The pub’s liquor licence limits it to 100.

Mr Pontin admitted breaching the terms of the licence both on behalf of himself and of the owner, Guernsey Leisure Company Ltd, of Giffard Lodge, La Rue de la Petite Lande, Trinity, Jersey. The company was also fined £1,200.