A British man whose daughter was fined the equivalent of $A247 for setting up a lemonade stall has described how four council officials told him to shut it down as he held the crying five-year-old in his arms.
Andre Spicer, a business school professor, let the youngster set up a stand near their home to sell refreshments to people heading to the Lovebox music festival in Victoria Park, east London, last weekend.
"She basically suggested it herself," Professor Spicer told the Press Association.
She made a sign and starting selling home-made lemonade at $A1.50 for a large glass.
But after just half an hour, four officials marched over and demanded she stop and issued her with an AGBP150 ($A247) fine, telling her it could be reduced to $A148 if paid quickly.
Professor Spicer said his daughter burst into tears.
"I had to pick her up and hold her."
Tower Hamlets council has since cancelled the fine and hand-delivered a note to his home to apologise, after Professor Spicer wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph describing the incident.
