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15.07.2022 - 09:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 14-year-old boy accused of raping a woman in the toilets of a Manchester nightclub was likely known to bouncers at the Gay Village venue, councillors have concluded. CCTV footage from the venue in Bloom Street suggests that the boy, who was arrested but released on bail, was familiar with the club, councillors concluded.
Bloom has been closed since the incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday, June 29, and has since had its licence temporarily suspended. Manchester council's licensing panel ruled that the club must remain closed until a full review of the premises licence, scheduled for July 25, is complete.
It comes after the police presented CCTV footage at a public hearing on Wednesday (July 13) which showed the boy at the premises on the night. In the footage, the 14-year-old boy is seen talking to door staff with a 'level of familiarity' and seems to know the layout of the venue, the panel concluded.
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He 'felt comfortable' approaching a table of women and offering them drugs, saying they believed he had been to the venue before, the committee decided. Legal representatives made the case for the nightclub to be allowed to reopen.
Since the incident, the designated premises holder at the club has been removed and a new 'professional' security company has been sourced. But the panel said the problems identified on the door that night, including the ID scanner not being used properly, were not an 'isolated incident' and argued that these failings should have been noticed and addressed by management.
A summary of the decision by the licensing sub-committee hearing panel says: "Having viewed the CCTV the committee consider that the
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