Council apologises for issuing £150 fine for 5-year-old girl’s lemonade stand

Rules are rules, and apply to everyone.

Don't dare forget this, even if you're only a small child. But don't take it from us - take it from the five-year-old girl who learned this lesson the hard way after deciding to set up a lemonade stand during the Love Box festival in London last weekend. Having sold 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers, the child's father was hit with a £150 fine by the local council for trading without a licence. "She just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. She was really proud of herself," Andre Spicer, the girl's father explained to the BBC. "But after a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road. "I was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home. "But they turned on their mobile camera and began reading from a big script explaining that she did not have a trading licence. "My daughter clung to me screaming 'daddy, daddy, I've done a bad thing.' She's five. "We were then issued a fine of £150. We packed up and walked home." Fortunately, Tower Hamlets Council have since seen sense, cancelling the fine and issuing an apology.