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A pub which played the theme tune to children’s TV show Peppa Pig when police officers walked in has had its licensed reviewed.

Officers were also targeted with snorting noises when they entered Cooney’s bar in Llandudno.

Owners Joanne Cooney and her husband Michael have now been handed a formal warning by Conwy Council’s licensing committee, WalesOnline reported.

Any further transgression of licence conditions in the next six months will see the couple hauled back before the committee.

The DJ at the bar, on Upper Mostyn Street, played the Peppa Pig theme tune and made snorting noises when police visited in October this year.

As a result North Wales Police applied for a review of the pub’s licence and the restriction of opening hours.

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After Wednesday’s hearing, Mrs Cooney said: “We want to draw a line under it and get on and a have a good relationship with the police.

“I am sorry for everything but we are relieved and want to move on.”

Cllr Ken Stevens, chairman of the licensing committee, heard evidence from North Wales Police’s licensing officer Aaron Haggas about incidents going back to April 2014.

He said one officer who dealt with a former door supervisor was not happy about going to the bar on his own.

“If an officer is not happy to visit then how do members of the public feel?” he told the hearing.

Regarding the incident with the DJ, he said “officers should not have to ask for a manager to deal with a situation”.

Mr Haggas said the conditions police were seeking in addition to the licence restriction were “just normal licence conditions which should be followed as a matter of course”.

Mrs Cooney said the conditions being asked for by North Wales Police had been satisfied and that SIA trained staff were now supervising the doors.

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In addition, there were now eight members of staff licensed to work in the bar, she said.

When asked about the DJ who made remarks to the police, she said: “The DJ is still with us at the moment. He has three children and a wife.

“I said: ‘This is your last chance, you are not allowed to have drink. If you have a drink then we will have to let you go.’

“He’s been on his best behaviour since.”

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After deliberating for more than an hour, Cllr Stevens said: “Up until now, the premises has been run in a lax and unprofessional manner.

“We accept that changes have been made to management and the premises.”

He said staff would have to be trained every six months, and there would need to be signage and till prompts regarding drunkenness and radio links with the rest of the town’s Pubwatch scheme.

Cllr Stevens said there was to be no drinking of alcohol by staff on duty, a CCTV screen would need to be positioned behind the bar, and the manager on duty would have to have a personal licence with his or her name being recorded at all times.

Cllr Stevens also said that only door staff who were SIA registered were to be used at the bar.

North Wales Police has 21 days to appeal the decision.