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June 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Bungling licensing officers had police back-up for raid in Surrey village
- Stunned landlady says ‘sting’ was like ‘using a sledgehammer to crack a nut’
11:57 EST, 19 June 2012
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11:58 EST, 19 June 2012
Confused council officials stormed a village pub thinking they were busting an illegal late-night gig – only to realise 4AM was the name of the band, not the starting time.
Three licensing officers and two police officers raided The Feathers, in the sleepy Surrey village of Laleham, after spotting an advert promising ‘music from 4am’.
The name of the band – billed as a two-piece soul funk combo – led bungling council inspectors to assume the pub gig would kick off at 4am, and they lay in wait to raid the pub before striking just after 10pm.
‘Very confused’: John Adams (left) and Joe Becket were baffled after council officials mistook their band name, 4AM, for a late-night stage time
Kate Dillon, landlady of The Feathers, said she was ‘amazed’ at the ‘sting’ operation – saying it was unbelievable that two police officers were called in to back up the three licensing staff from Spelthorne Borough Council.
She said it was like ‘using a sledgehammer to crack a nut’, adding: ‘They turned up with two police officers and three council officers.
‘I was outside at the time collecting glasses (and) I came into the pub and said: “What on earth is this all about?”.
‘They wanted to know if there was going to be music on until 4am and I was absolutely speechless for the first time in my life.
‘I’m too old to stay up that late.’
The duo, named 4am after a song by jazz legend Herbie Hancock, is made up of singer John Adams and drummer Joe Becket.
Mr Adams said everyone was ‘very confused’ about the raid, adding: ‘This has never happened to us before.
Raided: Customers and staff at The Feathers, in the sleepy Surrey village of Laleham, were stunned to see police and council inspectors charge in
‘We’re called 4am after one of our favourite tracks by Herbie Hancock. That’s how we got the name, it’s from the album Mr Hands.
‘When we were looking for a name that was our favourite album. We play stuff to get the ladies dancing, it’s all dance and soul.’
Simon Freeman, 32, was at the gig when the raid took place – and said it was ‘totally ridiculous’.
He said: ‘These two police officers came in with these three guys from the council and they were very confrontational.
‘You should have seen their faces when they realised the name of the band was 4am, not the time of the gig – they shot off with their tails between their legs.
‘It will take quite a while for them to live this one down.’
A spokesman for Spelthorne Borough Council admitted yesterday that its officers had made an error after spotting a poster for the gig earlier this month.
He said: ‘Following a visit to The Feathers, there was no cause for concern. The visit was carried out after seeing an advertisement which mentioned 4am.
‘On investigation, this was part of the name of the band.’
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You expect office based council workers to act like this mostly, but police officers, surely they asked to see an advert as plainly stupid as this before wasting their time?
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Just shows how over staffed these councils are, I suggest Landlady sues them and maybe the
outrage will make overstaffed councils cut back on their staff.
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“Snidewatch” has failed.
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Council jobsworths, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!
– I can’t believe it!, It’s grim up north!, 20/6/2012 09:30
Trouble is, we don’t pay these clowns peanuts …..
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Milking the system, nothing else.
We have been trying to get that horrible shisha cafe to respect its licence opening hours i.e 11pm, and the council has done nothing to keep our building free of smoke and peace.
It still open until 2am every night, use illegal outdoor structure, plays loud TV outside, smoke us in with charcoal fumes etc etc
And nothing is done.
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And with this attention to detail and facts, Britian is going to fight off austerity? Time the tax payer was asking if they get value for money. Do they really want to fund this high level of efficiency? Autserity could start with a number of officials for cause..
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Why are comments not being shown in full? mine should read – CEO of Council
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Council jobsworths, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!
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So, in what way can the action of these officials be considered as
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This has NOTHING to do with the Police. They were asked to support council officials and would not have been aware of all the circumstances. What I don’t understand is why the council didn’t just phone the pub first.
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