Crisp-dealing pupil suspended

A pupil at a school which has banned fatty drinks and snacks has been suspended for "crisp dealing".

Joel Bradley, 12, was caught allegedly selling a packet of Discos at a marked-up price of 50 pence.

The student at Liverpool's Cardinal Heenan High School was given a day's suspension because it was the second time he had been caught.



His father, Joe, said the youngster was being "victimised" for the enterprise, which could earn him as much as £15 a day.

Cardinal Heenan's head teacher Dave Forshaw said: "We are a healthy school and proud of it. If parents are not happy then they are perfectly free to take their children to a school that allows pupils to sell these things."

The headteacher said pupils were caught around "three or four times a week" selling snacks at the school. "We have six to seven regular sellers we pinpoint", he said.