A CLUB boss convicted of serving non-members while holding topless barmaid nights could lose his licence under a prosecution being brought by the police.
Mohammed Nasir, of Hyndburn Street, Accrington, was fined a total of £1,000 last month after pleading guilty to four offences under the Licensing Act 1964.
Mr Nasir, who runs the New Top Club in Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, committed the offences over a year ago while running topless nights at his club.
Police were alerted to problems after reports of disturbances outside his club in the early hours of a Friday morning and sent undercover officers to investigate. They, along with two Lancashire Evening Telegraph journalists, found they were able to get into the club and buy drinks without being asked to produce membership details, which is in breach of the terms of Mr Nasir's licence for the club.
Now officers from the licensing department of Accrington Police have secured a date to ask for the revocation of Mr Nasir's licence altogether.
At a meeting of Hyndburn's licensing committee at Hyndburn Magistrates, members of the bench set a date for the hearing: Wednesday May 30. The matter had previously been deferred until after the conviction for the licence breaches had been secured.
A police spokesman said: "We have brought this application for the revocation of Mr Nasir's licence as a result of this conviction, which proved he did breach his licence. We are currently liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service."
During last month's court case, the court was told Nasir's business made a £7,000 loss last year, meaning he could not afford to install a £6,000 electronic entry system. Mr Nasir's solicitor, Graham Parkinson, pledged to the court that the topless nights would not continue. They were, he said, an attempt to boost attendances and had proved so successful that Mr Nasir was not able to control who came into the club. Door staff at the venue have been changed, he added.
Mr Nasir was unavailable to comment.
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