Judge condemns 'alcopops'

Judge condemns 'alcopops'

Alcopop makers were condemned as "grossly irresponsible" by a judge yesterday after he heard how a 14-year-old drunken boy burned down a school. Bolton Crown Court was told that the schoolboy caused damage valued at pounds 750,000. It happened after he became drunk on the alcopop Hooch - alcoholic lemonade - and cider. Judge Peter Lakin said: "This case graphically illustrates what can happen to boys consuming alcopop. If this boy had not had alcohol that night this offence would never have occurred." The boy was given a two-year supervision order.