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| Restaurant apologises for serving two-year-old boy whisky | Restaurant apologises for serving two-year-old boy whisky |
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| A restaurant chain has apologised after a child was accidentally served whisky as he celebrated his second birthday. | A restaurant chain has apologised after a child was accidentally served whisky as he celebrated his second birthday. |
| Sonny Rees's worried family took the boy to hospital following the mix-up at a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea. | Sonny Rees's worried family took the boy to hospital following the mix-up at a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea. |
| He was asleep by the time he got to hospital but was given the all-clear and was later sick when his parents got him home. | He was asleep by the time he got to hospital but was given the all-clear and was later sick when his parents got him home. |
| Sonny's family believe the restaurant staff may have mixed the boy's drink up with one that was supposed to go to a nearby stag party. | Sonny's family believe the restaurant staff may have mixed the boy's drink up with one that was supposed to go to a nearby stag party. |
| A spokesman for Frankie and Benny's said: "We are very sorry that this happened. It was a human error, an accident, and we are putting in place processes to ensure that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. | A spokesman for Frankie and Benny's said: "We are very sorry that this happened. It was a human error, an accident, and we are putting in place processes to ensure that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. |
| Sonny's mother, Nina, told the South Wales Evening Post: "I immediately went into a panic and a rage. I was crying my eyes out, and called NHS Direct, which told me to take him straight to A&E. | Sonny's mother, Nina, told the South Wales Evening Post: "I immediately went into a panic and a rage. I was crying my eyes out, and called NHS Direct, which told me to take him straight to A&E. |
| "We had gone in just after noon and I had ordered him water and cordial. I realised what Sonny had been drinking when I had to retrieve a dropped toy from his glass and I could smell the whisky on it. | "We had gone in just after noon and I had ordered him water and cordial. I realised what Sonny had been drinking when I had to retrieve a dropped toy from his glass and I could smell the whisky on it. |
| "I think there was a stag do in there at the same time and that the drinks had been accidentally mixed up. Because he was eating salty things I had been encouraging him to drink." | "I think there was a stag do in there at the same time and that the drinks had been accidentally mixed up. Because he was eating salty things I had been encouraging him to drink." |
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