He who served it dealt it

The Liquor Licensing Authority has suspended the licence of the publican of the Poolburn Hotel for three months for failing in his duty of care to his customers. It obviously served that bellend right because he poured drinks for four young Irish farm workers for "a long time" one night last November, and allowed them to drive home in two cars after closing time. Poolburn is 36km northeast of Alexandra and its only pub may be forced to close during the three-month period, missing out on tourists here for the Rugby World Cup, and rightly so because one of the Irishmen who drank all that alcohol was killed when he crashed his car soon after closing time. Tests showed the driver was more than four times over the drink-driving limit, and if the nutjob who served him had any sense at all, this tragedy wouldn't have happened. The days of the jovial country publican are over, and you can't just keep serving booze to a customer who is already drunk and then let them drive home.