Drink-driving businessman's alcohol licence revoked after driving wrong way down one-way road
A drink-driving businessman who failed to inform Shropshire Council of his latest road ban has been stripped of his alcohol licence.
Tawanda Shawn Melusi, who owns a chicken wing business in Oswestry and previously sold tickets to a music festival which never went ahead, has had his personal licence to sell alcohol removed by the authority.
The decision means Mr Melusi can no longer hold a personal licence, but does not affect businesses associated with him which have their own premises licence.
The council said 27-year-old Mr Melusi was no longer a suitable person to hold a personal licence as a result of his second conviction for drink driving last summer, which came after he drove the wrong way down a one-way road while over the limit.
Mr Melusi, who owns the company behind House of Wingz in Oswestry, admitted the offence at Telford Magistrates’ Court in August and was banned from driving for three years, but did not notify the council despite being legally required to do so.
As a result, the council’s licensing sub-committee met in November to review Mr Melusi’s personal licence and concluded it should be revoked.
