A 5-year-old girl was ordered by the council to pay a £150 fine for selling 50p cups of homemade lemonade to festivalgoers.

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The girl’s dad, Andrew Spicer, said that his daughter had set up the mini-business in Mile End to refresh the music fans who were on their way to Lovebox Festival. Here’s what he had to say:

She just wanted to put a smile on people’s faces. She was really proud of herself.

But after a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road.

I was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home.

Well yeah, that would be the normal, human thing to do.

Spicer added:

But they turned on their mobile camera and began reading from a big script explaining that she did not have a trading licence.

My daughter clung to me screaming ‘daddy, daddy, I’ve done a bad thing.’ She’s five.

We were then issued a fine of £150. We packed up and walked home.

Unbelievable. A council spokesman said:

We are very sorry that this has happened. We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense and to use their powers sensibly.

This clearly did not happen.

The fine will be cancelled immediately and we have contacted Mr Spicer and his daughter to apologise.

Well at least the council have acknowledged that this is not acceptable. What absolute savages would give a little girl a fine for doing something so innocent as running a homemade lemonade stand? They could’ve at least just told the dad that they’ve got to move on. That’s an absolutely heartless move from those council officers.

For more unjustified fines, check out this guy who was charged for burping in public after eating a kebab. That must’ve been one nasty belch.