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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive declarations by
Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in
matters on this agenda.
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Part 2 (In Private) - Item 1 - Exempt Reports Under the Local Government Act 1972
RECOMMENDED:
That under Section 100 (A) (4) and Part 1 of
Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the
public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following
item(s) of business because they involve the likely disclosure of
exempt information on the grounds shown below and it is considered
that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in
maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in
disclosing the information:
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Grounds
Information relating to any
action taken or to be taken in connection with the
prevention
investigation or prosecution of
crime
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Para. of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the
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Opium, 21 Rupert Street, London, W1D 7PJ PDF 19 MB
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Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name
and Address
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Licensing
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St
James’s
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West End
Cumulative Impact Area
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Opium
21 Rupert
Street
London
W1D
7PJ
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Initial
consideration for any Interim measures pending
the full
review of the premises licence
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19/10730/LIREVX
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Friday 30 August 2019
Membership:
Councillor Karen Scarborough (Chairman), Councillor Jim Glen and
Councillor Rita Begum
Legal Adviser:
Barry Panto
Committee
Officer: Sarah
Craddock
Relevant Representations: Metropolitan Police
(Applicant).
Present: Mr James Rankin (Counsel,
representing the Applicant), PC Reaz Guerra and PS Cherie Whiteley
(Metropolitan Police), Mr Philip Kolvin QC (representing
Opium, 9 Rupert Street), Mr Ramon Bordas Togores and
Mr Ramon Bordas Estany (The Owners of Opium, 9 Rupert Street) and
Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor, on behalf of Opium, 9 Rupert
Street).
Initial
consideration of the interim steps pending the full review of the
premises licence pursuant to section 53B(3) of the Licensing Act
2003 – Opium, 9 Rupert Street, W1D 7PJ
19/10730/LIREVX
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Summary of
application
An application had been made by the Metropolitan
Police Service to review the premises licence for Opium, 9 Rupert Street, London W1D 7PJ under Section
53A(1)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003 (premises associated with
serious crime or disorder or both). The application alleged that
the licensed premises was associated with serious crime or serious
disorder or both as a result of a large fight and large scale
disorder with 15-30 people fighting at the location that took place
on Sunday 25 August 2019. This
large-scale disorder had led to one person receiving a stab wound
to his abdomen within the premises and a second person receiving
two gunshot wounds whilst outside the premises, one to his back
piercing his liver and the other to his arm.
Decision
Members initially heard from Mr Rankin, representing
the Police. He advised that the
Police’s position was that they were seeking that the premise
licence be suspended following the incident which had taken place
on Sunday 25 August 2019. He further
advised that it was his understanding that the licence holders,
represented by Mr Kolvin, would not be objecting to the
Police’s request for the premises licence to be suspended
pending the full hearing. Mr Rankin
stated that Mr Kolvin had confirmed that his clients no longer
wished to ask for a very limited dispensation to enable two
charitable events to take place in September.
Mr Rankin provided to Members his client’s
account of what had taken place on Sunday 25 August at
approximately 03.04 hours when the premises should not have been
open as there was no DPS present at the premises. Mr Rankin advised that the incident had involved a
fight within the premises, which had resulted in one male being
stabbed severely in the abdomen and shortly afterwards another man,
who had also been in the premises, being shot in the liver and arm
outside of the premises. Mr Rankin
advised that CCTV footage had been collected from the premises and
the Sub-Committee confirmed that they wished to view the footage,
which was approximately five minutes in length. The Licensing
Sub-Committee hearing went into closed session for the showing of
the CCTV footage.
The Sub-Committee heard from the Police and observed
from the CCTV that there were several people holding
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