Lindsay Cornock, licensing officer at Hounslow police, said in a statement to the panel: “In my opinion in the short period Mr Callanan has been in charge of the premises he has done little if anything at all, to promote the licensing objectives, especially the Crime and Disorder.
“Police have been called to the premises to restore order after large scale fights – including knives. Mr Callanan is allowing known gang members to frequent the premises and making no effort to stop them from entering the premises or eject them.”
In June last year, a fight broke out between around 15 and people and on June 21 another larger fight ensued, involving the “entire pub”, resulting in assaults and a knife being recovered.
Inspector Steve Edwards from Hounslow Police said the “straw that broke the camels back was when licensing officers turned up and there were strippers working there, which they don’t have a license for and unlicensed door men and bar staff.”
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