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Call for crackdown on pubs serving drunk customers

THE chief constable of Scotland's largest police force has called for more action to tackle pubs and nightclubs that serve alcohol to already drunk customers after a woman suffered a serious head injury following a marathon drinking session.

Strathclyde Police chief Stephen House told an alcohol summit yesterday one of the main problems officers faced was dealing with incidents where customers had become inebriated in licensed premises.

He revealed officers were called to a "generally respectable pub" in Glasgow city centre at 2am on Sunday after a woman who had been drinking there since mid-afternoon on Saturday injured herself as she left.