A shop branded a "significant contributor" to anti-social behaviour problems in Stockton town centre has lost its licence to sell alcohol. Dhillon Food & Wine, known as Rowntrees, sold cheap strong cider to street drinkers who were seen waiting for the shop to open at 6am, Stockton Council's licensing sub-committee heard.

The store's supervisor told officers the business relied on selling the drinks to survive and they took up more than half of its sales. Muhammed Adnan Rabani, who ran the shop on Dovecot Street, Stockton town centre since April, disputed the comments to the committee on Monday, September 29, saying he was asked "is it 50%?" and "I just agreed 'OK', I didn't have the right figures in front of me. If that was the case, the shop would have been closed by now."

He denied

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