Essex pub that displayed racist dolls closes after boycott by suppliers

Heineken, Carlsberg and Innserve cut ties with White Hart Inn, which had golly dolls confiscated as part of police investigation

A pub being investigated for an alleged hate crime over the display of racist dolls has closed for business after a boycott by three of its suppliers.

Benice Ryley, co-leaseholder of the White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex, said the pub could not recover from the “stigma” of a raid by Essex police when her collection of golly dolls was confiscated as part of its investigation.