Coronavirus lockdown enforcers swooped on a tattoo studio - unaware it was being used as a base for a food bank to support struggling families.
Jason Powner, 50, has been busy putting together food parcels to deliver to the elderly self-isolating due to Covid-19. He uses his tattoo parlour, called SkinJase, as a hub to prepare parcels and as a drop-off point for donations, reports Stoke-on-Trent Live.
But environmental officers from Stoke-on-Trent City Council yesterday carried out a spotcheck after receiving a tip-off the tattooist was still working.
In a scathing post on Facebook, Jason, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, described the tell-tale as a "neanderthal". "I just had a call from the Environmental Health and a visit from suits and clip