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Crime-hit club whose doorman was left seriously hurt after traveller family attack could have its licence stripped
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA trouble-hit club could have its licence stripped after ‘repeated fighting and large scale disturbances’ at the venue. Greater Manchester Police has called for a review of Astoria’s premises licence after officers had deal with increasing number of violent crimes both inside and close to the venue.
One brutal attack saw a club doorman set upon by five or six people, described in the police report as being from ‘a local gypsy family’, which left him in hospital with ‘very severe injuries’. READ MORE: Coward caused horror smash then fled and left his best friend to die in the road Another saw reports of a knife and a cosh seen during a fight involving up to 40 people in the street outside the venue, in which one woman was allegedly knocked unconscious.
GMP have now submitted a request for the premises’ licence to be reviewed by Trafford council on public safety grounds. Submitting evidence for the review, Police Constable Karen Packer said: “I have provided a list of incidents recorded against Astoria that mainly relate to incidents of violence.
Each incident has been thoroughly scrutinised to identify the link between the incident and the premises or directly outside and in the vicinity. “I have 24 years’ service working in the Trafford district working in various roles during my career one of which was as an operational response officer where I became familiar with the issues caused by licensed premises on the district and the locations where demand was high. “As a response officer, one area of the district I found myself being directed to in the evenings midweek and the early hours of a weekend was to respond to fighting or large scale disturbances at a licensed premises named Chadwick’s [now Astoria].” Ms Packer
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