Under-age sale: Wigan shopkeeper fined for selling vape to youngster

A Wigan town centre shopkeeper has a four-figure court bill to pay after being convicted of selling an e-cigarette to a minor.
By Charles Graham
Published 20th Mar 2024, 15:45 GMT
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Adnan Kako had faced a single charge of breaching the Nicotine Inhaling Products Regulations 2015 and the Children and Families Act 2014 on August 9 by letting an under-18 buy a Crystal Pro Max, 4000+ puff, Prime Ice Pop flavour at the Euro Shop on Wallgate.

And after failing to turn up for a trial, he was found guilty by Wigan justices in his absence.

He now has to pay a fine, court costs and a victim services surcharge totalling £1,260.