A Falmouth woman is outraged after police escorted her from a pub – following an alleged altercation between one of her party and the bar staff.

Tanya Powell was celebrating her 46th birthday in The Packet Station when her niece, Paradise Truscott, got in a spat with a member of staff at the Wetherspoons pub.

Paradise claimed she was two pence short at the bar, for a selection of cakes for her child and a pint of Thatchers Cider, and that a member of staff refused to put the order through.

Tanya claimed the bar worker and Paradise then traded insults, and Tanya was escorted from the premises by police after telling the bar manager that he was 'making a big mistake.'

Tanya chose The Packet Station as the venue for her birthday celebrations as she often visited the pub, and attended with a group of around 30 friends and family on Sunday, May 28.

The group had also met to remember the life of Tanya's twin sister, Tanzi Powell, who passed away suddenly on January 22, following an asthma attack.

They were all enjoying the birthday meal, but the occasion turned sour when Paradise, a stay at home mother, tried to buy a cake for her 18-month-old child.

Tanya, a drug and alcohol counsellor from Falmouth, said: "It was pretty disgusting, I'm upset about the way we were treated.

"My niece went to the bar to get cakes and she was two pence short, she wanted them for her child who is 18-months-old, and she also got me a pint of Thatchers.

"The bar staff said that if she didn't have the money to be in there then she shouldn't be there.

"My niece then said 'you're the one on minimum wage, I can afford to be here thanks'.

"She said that she wanted to go back and get the money from the table, but the bar maid refused to let her get the money.

"It was an emotionally challenging time for us all and I went up to the manager and said it was silly, but he refused to sell us the cakes.

"I then said, ‘if you refuse to serve us that would be a big mistake’, and that he would probably lose his job.

"Taken out of context it could be viewed as threatening but I was trying to resolve it, I think it was incompetence on his part.

"The police were really cool about it but told me I'd have to leave so I sat outside while I finished my pint and everyone else sat inside, finishing their food on my birthday.

"The staff were rude and obnoxious, I was trying to resolve the matter but they refused because they thought Paradise was rude to the member of staff but she didn't mean it that way.

"The comment could be viewed as rude but the reality is we went in to celebrate and we didn't expect to be treated in this way."

Wetherspoons has acknowledged the incident, and say they support the decision made by the manager.

Spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We are fully aware of this incident and completely back the action taken by the pub manager.

“The police were called because a group of people involved in this incident threatened the manager and staff.

“The manager made the right decision to call the police and as far as we are concerned the group were out of order.

“They say that the police were called because one of the group was two pence short at the bar.

“They fail to say that the individual was then served when she returned with the correct money for her drink but was rude and threatening to a member of bar staff.

“The group later began shouting at the staff and came up to the bar and were abusive to other members of the staff too.

“The police were called because of this behaviour and the manager was absolutely right to do so.”

A video captured of the moment Tanya was evicted is available on our website.