A Greater Manchester man allegedly made indecent suggestions to a teenager, a council hearing has heard.

A town hall licensing panel rejected an application for street trading consent after they heard evidence from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) about an allegation from a 17-year-old who claimed the applicant told her he would ‘only serve her ' if she showed her boobs or nipple’.

Further evidence was place before the panel of the applicant’s ‘aggressive nature’.

The details of the application have been published by a council in its minutes of a licensing and environmental regulation committee meeting on March 5.

The report gave further details of the alleged incident reported to police by the teenage girl.

It said: ” Further information from GMP regarded an allegation from a 17­-year­-old girl, who stated that the applicant told her he would only serve her if she showed her b**bs or nipple.

“There were further allegations that the applicant messaged this girl on Facebook asking for her number, leading her to ignore and block him.

“The applicant denied this allegation, and denied all communication with the girl via Facebook, but he does remember her.”

It is understood at the time of the licensing hearing, the street trader had not been charged with any offences by GMP. The report gave details of other evidence placed before the committee.

It states: “The committee took into account evidence showing the applicant making threats to a shopkeeper and brandishing a wheel brace.

“The committee were concerned of the applicant’s aggressive nature, making threats, using foul language and physical threat gestures.

“This behaviour took place in front of a young child and the committee were concerned how the applicant reacted to provocation, especially given he will be potentially working with children and vulnerable adults. “The evidence showed the applicant drive off and was very near to colliding into a child on a bike.

“The committee were concerned that this applicant demonstrated undue care and attention.”

The applicant, by his own admission, had been selling  products without street trading consent in 2016 and 2020 and more recently on February 23, 2024.

The report said the committee also considered the ‘dishonesty’ of the applicant.

Council bosses said this happened when not providing information to the town hall on his previous application, stating, ‘no’ to a question which asked if he had ever had a street trading licence revoked, which happened in March, 2023.

The council said a second piece of dishonesty was failing to disclose similar information with another council, which has since led to that authority also revoking the applicant’s street trading licence. The panel refused the street trading consent as they were ‘not satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to hold a licence’.

The committee said their primary duty was the safety and well­being of the public, especially given the applicant would be working with children and vulnerable people.