A supermarket had its alcohol licence revoked after illegal booze was seized from the store.

Ordnance Supermarket, in Ordnance Road, Enfield, had its licence to sell alcohol taken away following an Enfield Borough Council sub-committee hearing.

The shop was found to have sold drinks bottles bearing fake stickers in order to avoid paying duty on two separate occasions.

On October 15, 2014, trading standards and the HMRC seized 21 bottles of wine, 39 bottles of spirits and three bottles of beer.

Ten days later, the shelves had been refilled with the same counterfeit items, which were also seized.

Trading standards officer Charlotte Palmer told the committee that the sale of counterfeit items should be taken seriously and the shop's licence should be fully revoked.

The shop's owner Ibrahim Korkmaz, who has owned the store for more than ten years, admitted to the error but claimed he had not intentionally sold illicit goods and had since been more careful of his suppliers.

But committee chairman Derek Levy questioned the shop owner on his purchases and believed that a man who has owned a shop for more than a decade should have known better.

The shop now has the opportunity to appeal against the decision.

If they chose to do that, the licence would remain in place while an appeal was reviewed.