Party charges 'a warning'

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A court judgment in which an Auckland man was convicted and fined over an unlicensed party should be a deterrent for others thinking of holding similar events, police said yesterday.

The 20-year-old man's conviction in Waitakere District Court followed a party in a rented factory warehouse.

Police said the location was considered unsafe for large numbers of people, and the man didn't obtain a liquor licence and wasn't qualified to work in the liquor industry.