Ealing Sex Club Wants To Open Seven Days A Week
They also want to be allowed to leaflet the area! This club was closed for a few days last year because the 'door men' i.e security guards who are supposed to protect, badly attacked and beat up a young man in the street. The Police insisted on a review of their alcohol licence because they (the police) said, in their view the Club was connected with serious crime. The Police gave a long list of violent and other incidents connected with the club during the previous year. None of these had been disclosed to the licensing Committee at the previous Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence renewal. None of these incidents were actually followed up by the police because no-one wants to officially report them and have their name connected to this venue. Consequently there are without doubt many other incidents connected to the club that do not come to the notice of the police. A few months ago I witnessed a violent incident related to Club Karma which is run by the same people as LA Confidential. When I phoned 999 I got a recorded message saying there were no police available for the call even to be answered!!!!! Sunday morning walking down the High Street, there was blood all over the pavement from an incident related to these two clubs the night before. The Police were not even called to that incident. The Council have a wide discretion to refuse Sexual Entertainment Venue Licences without any fear of a successful appeal. The law was changed in 2010 to ensure this. The Council's policy for Sexual Entertainment Venue Licenes in Ealing and Southall Town Centres is in my view discriminatory and down right offensive to me and to the people of Central Ealing. Ealing Central can have up to 2, whereas Central Southall cannot have any because, "it is an area with a strong faith community consisting of a number of ethnic groups, religions and nationalities with a strong sense of identity and local pride....with a reputation as an excellent centre for Asian retailing. It would not be appropriate to have a sex establishment in this location." Hmmmmmm so we have no pride in Central Ealing and it doesn't matter if our retail and healthy nighttime economy is decimated by making the High Street a 'no-go' area. And why? So the owners of these venues can continue to profit to the detriment of the area and to all those who have been harmed by these various incidents. Personally, I can't see what benefit a club such as L.A Confidential brings to Ealing.
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