A wine bar in Lancaster, England, has been fined 100,000 British pounds ($155,000) after giving a customer a liquid nitrogen shot that nearly left her dead. The Guardian reports that Oscar's Wine Bar and Bistro pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety of Gaby Scanlon back in 2012.

On her 18th birthday (which is when drinking becomes legal in the U.K.), Scanlon went to a bar and was given a free Nitro-Jagermeister shot. "I turned to the man and asked if it was OK to drink," Scanlon told the court in an impact statement. "He said 'yes.'" She said the bartender told her to drink it while it was still smoking.

But as soon as she downed the shot, smoke came out of her mouth and nose, she felt agonizing pain, and she was rushed to the hospital. "Straight away I knew something was not right," she said. "My stomach expanded." It turned out the liquid nitrogen destroyed tissue and the lining of her stomach. Surgeons had to remove her stomach in a life-saving operation; her esophagus had to be surgically connected to her small bowel, according to the BBC. Scanlon still suffers from complications three years later. "What happened has had a devastating impact on my health, and nothing is going to change that, but I am relieved that the court case has finally come to an end," she said in a statement.

Prosecutors accused the bar of failing to make sure its customers were safe. They said that training was "loose," and though staff members were told to wait 10 seconds for the liquid nitrogen to stop smoking, the rule wasn't created by an expert and was likely incorrect. According to the Yorkshire Press, health officials had warned the bar about liquid nitrogen before the incident but never had heard back. Liquid nitrogen drinks are legal, but they're only safe to drink once the chemical has completely evaporated.

"The company and the family are truly sorry. At no time did they see anything warning them of the risks of ingestion," a representative for Oscar's Wine Bar and Bistro said. "The essence of this calamity was the ignorance on the part of the company."

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