The restaurant has been stripped of its alcohol licence after the ‘shocking’ early-hours brawl
A restaurant has been stripped of its alcohol licence after a ‘shocking’ early-hours brawl which saw belts, bricks and street furniture used as weapons and a man left ‘knocked out cold’ in the middle of the road. Mesob, in Moss Side, was hit with the ‘draconian’ punishment after licensing chiefs heard the venue was open four hours later than it should have been when the fight broke out at 5am on Sunday July 3.
“The premises licence holder has no regard whatsoever for the conditions of his licence and clearly isn’t working in partnership with the police. His evidence throughout these proceedings has been contradictory and very vague. ”The bar and restaurant had its premises licence suspended at a summary hearing last month. Mr Mokonen then told councillors that only seven people - all staff - had been in the restaurant at the time the violence broke out.
“The flagrant disregard for the licensing powers coupled with the repeated unanswered requests for CCTV footage were bad enough. But the extreme violence displayed by people that had been inside the premises for four hours after it should have been closed is truly shocking.” Mr Mokonen - who could be seen in footage trying to defuse the situation - admitted the venue was used by people other than staff to ‘play cards and chat’ during the early hours. But he insisted his earlier evidence had been a ‘misunderstanding’.
"But, as you’ve heard, it was not done because he is trying to make profit for himself, but because he is trying to make his restaurant a community hub. Has he learned a lesson? Undoubtedly, yes.”
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