An Asda shopper says his seven-year-old son was able to buy a £2 scratchcard in the supermarket, despite being nine years below the legal age limit.
James Fletcher-Retallick said son Ronnie walked up to the cigarette counter and was able to make the purchase with his pocket money while the pair were out on a shopping trip in August. James, 47, claimed a male worker first offered his son sweets, before allowing him to buy the National Lottery scratch game at the Asda store in Folkestone, Kent.
James was shopping at the time and said he didn't realise his son had made the purchase until he came over and gave him the scratchcard. "I thought he'd picked it up off the floor then I saw it wasn't scratched. It just seems impossible," James said.
