(Jul 02, 2014, (London))--A restaurant where police say a punter threatened to kill a bouncer with a kitchen knife and another man suffered a broken jaw after a fight about politics faces closure as the town hall crackdown on drunk violence continues.
Menelik, an Ethiopian Restaurant in Caledonian Road, Islington, is one of two venues to go before an Islington Council licensing committee tomorrow night (Tuesday) after the police complained about excessive violent crime.
Nearby Marathon, another Ethiopian eaterie, will also have a license review, while XOXO, in Upper Street, Islington, will go before the committee in a couple of weeks after Wednesday’s original hearing was deferred.
At Menelik, a report by Pc Paul Hoppe describes a “number of very serious incidents” in which “excessive alcohol seems to be a common factor”. Last February someone police say had his tooth knocked out in a fight with a friend, and in May 2013 a man suffered a fractured jaw after five men attacked him, possibly after a disagreement about politics.
Another alleged incident saw a woman get a lift home from some people she met in the bar who tried to steal her phone and money before pushing her out of the car. And back in 2012 a thug is said to have ran at a bouncer with a kitchen knife because he was banned form the venue after slashing someone’s face open with a broken bottle. Read more from Islington Gazette »
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| Menelik, in Caledonian Road |
Nearby Marathon, another Ethiopian eaterie, will also have a license review, while XOXO, in Upper Street, Islington, will go before the committee in a couple of weeks after Wednesday’s original hearing was deferred.
At Menelik, a report by Pc Paul Hoppe describes a “number of very serious incidents” in which “excessive alcohol seems to be a common factor”. Last February someone police say had his tooth knocked out in a fight with a friend, and in May 2013 a man suffered a fractured jaw after five men attacked him, possibly after a disagreement about politics.
Another alleged incident saw a woman get a lift home from some people she met in the bar who tried to steal her phone and money before pushing her out of the car. And back in 2012 a thug is said to have ran at a bouncer with a kitchen knife because he was banned form the venue after slashing someone’s face open with a broken bottle. Read more from Islington Gazette »
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