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Morrisons supermarket in Whitley has been slapped with a £2,000 fine after being convicted of selling cigarettes to an underage boy.

The food giant’s store in Rose Kiln Lane was caught selling tobacco to the 15-year-old during a sting by Reading trading standards on September 19 last year.

The cashier who sold the cigarettes, Gurang Ganga Devi, was sacked for gross misconduct four days after she sold the packet of 10 Benson & Hedges cigarettes.

The company denied selling to a person under 18 and had to prove it had taken reasonable precautions and acted with due diligence to avoid prosecution.

The supermarket was convicted after a two-day trial at Reading Magistrates'Court last week and ordered to pay the fine and £6,648 in legal costs to Reading Borough Council.

For more see this week's Reading Post out tomorrow.

