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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

Essex pub that displayed racist dolls closes after boycott by suppliers

The White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex.
Benice Ryley, co-leaseholder, said the pub could not recover from the ‘stigma’ of a raid by Essex police. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

A pub being investigated for an alleged hate crime over the display of racist dolls has closed for business after a boycott by three of its suppliers.

Benice Ryley, co-leaseholder of the White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex, said the pub could not recover from the “stigma” of a raid by Essex police when her collection of golly dolls was confiscated as part of its investigation.

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