Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub Committee Hearing Panel - Wednesday, 7th December, 2022 1.00 pm

Venue: Friends Meeting House

Contact: Ian Hinton-Smith 

Items
No. Item

83.

Summary Review of Premises Licence - The Levenshulme, 959 Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3NP pdf icon PDF 117 KB

Now contains the report of the Head of Planning, Building Control and Licensing.

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Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Planning, Building Control and Licensing regarding a Summary Review of the premises licence at The Levenshulme, 959 Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3NP.

 

The summary review was requested by GMP following an incident at the premises which took place on Saturday 03 December 2022. The application was made under section 53(B) of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

The Hearing Panel considered the written papers, oral representations of all parties as well as the relevant legislation.

 

GMP addressed the Hearing Panel and gave details of the reasons for their review application, believing that serious crime and disorder had taken place at the premises. GMP stated that on the night in question, they received a call at 01.51am from the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS), stating that a victim had been stabbed. On arrival, GMP saw a male victim with a wound to their abdomen. The male and his partner had stated they had been assaulted by door staff.

 

GMP, following review of CCTV footage, noted that the victim had began an argument with an unknown male. This led to a drink being thrown, and punches, by the victim of the stabbing. During the altercation, two door staff are present but do nothing to de-escalate the situation. The partner of the male with the stab wound had been filming the door staff, which provoked one of the door staff to attack the male filming.

 

A male, now identified by GMP and a regular at the premises, approaches the scene and is seen to remove an object from his back pocket and make a stabbing motion towards the victim’s abdomen area. The stab victim does not appear to notice their injury and continues in the fight. The male with the knife appeared to clean it on his jacket and place it back in his pocket. He does not get involved further with the fight but helps the male he had stabbed to gather his belongings. The door staff then got into their car and drove off. After the door staff had left, the windows of the premises had been smashed by the group involved in the fight.

 

GMP stated that there were concerns that a regular had entered the premises with a knife. There were also concerns that door staff had assaulted someone. GMP believed the premises to be associated with serious crime and serious disorder.

 

The panel questioned if the door staff had been arrested and reported to SIA, sought clarity on the victim and their injuries and clarity on the premises Licence. The door staff had not yet been arrested or reported to SIA, but they will be reported. The victim sustained injuries requiring hospital treatment but not life threatening. The injuries sustained were consistent with a knife wound or another pointed sharp instrument. GMP noted the Licence has unrestricted opening hours, with a 1.00am terminal hour for serving alcohol. GMP believed that those involved had been asked to leave the premises at  ...  view the full minutes text for item 83.