Woman wins payout over confiscated Lucozade

Diabetic student Kayla Hanna was ordered to hand over energy drink at rock concert

Lucozade
Many diabetics carry glucose-rich drinks such as Lucozade to treat low blood sugar
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A diabetic woman has been awarded a £2,000 settlement after her bottle of Lucozade was confiscated at a concert.

Kayla Hanna, then 18, was heading into a Red Hot Chili Peppers gig at Tennent’s Vital, an annual music festival in her native Belfast, when security staff ordered her to hand over the drink.

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