A spat over Sayers family plans to sell mulled wine and hot toddies on Northumberland Street is on hold – after police sensationally alleged that it might pave the way for a bar that could be a “legitimate front” for organised crime.
John Henry Sayers Jr, son of the notorious John Henry Sayers Sr, had asked Newcastle City Council chiefs late last year for a licence to serve alcohol from his Saye’s To Go food kiosk at the bottom of the high street, hoping to offer shoppers a festive tipple over the Christmas period.
But his plan ran into fierce opposition from Northumbria Police, whose officers claimed it should not be allowed to go ahead because of his father’s infamous record in Newcastle’s criminal underworld.
