Shop hit with alcohol ban for employing illegal staff

WORKERS HAD OUTSTAYED VISAS

- MARTYN SMITH Local Democracy Reporter

A STORE in Brierley Hill has been banned from selling alcohol for a month after being caught employing illegal immigrants.

Silver End Convenience Store on Brettell Lane was raided by immigration officials who found two people working in the premises who had both outstayed their visas.

One of the people caught had not had the right to work in the UK since 2009 while the other person had arrived in the country in 2020 and their visa expired in 2021.

The responsible licence holder for the shop, Mrs Nandakumare Kasinthan, was called to appear before Dudley Council’s licensing subcommittee on October 21.

Naga Rajesh, an immigration consultant, told the committee: “My client made a mistake, my client did not do this intentionally. They are sorry for what they did and will take the consequences without any challenge.”