December 29, 2011
Lava and Ignite Lose Their Bar Licence
The Licensing Sub Committee of Northampton Borough Council currently resolved to close the assessment of licence issuance to the Bar Lava and Ignite where two students met with a deadly mishap few days ago. The victims Nabila Nanfuka and Laurene Danielle Jackson, aged 22 and 19 years respectively, died due to crushing.
The Chair of the Council Licensing Committee, Councillor Christopher Malpas gave a statement after the trials. He said that the Managers and Executives of Luminar gave the assertion to the committee that they will not re-establish the licence to the Bar Lava and Ignite in Northampton. Consequently, without the licence the sub committee had nothing to discuss in the meeting.
He further said that the Northamptonshire Police are inspecting the setting that led to the mishap. The Northampton Borough Council will always assist in whatever way possible and do their best to learn some health and safety lessons from this mishap.
Tom Davies is the Chief Inspector Detective of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit-Major Crime that is guiding the inspection of the mishap. He just affirmed that about a hundred people, who were at the scene of the mishap, have voluntarily accepted to present the details of what happened on the evening of the mishap. Thus, his team is very thankful to those citizens.
He also said that since there were many more people present that evening, his team would like to know about their experiences. All versions of that evening will assist to remodel the circumstances that will aid to comprehend what led to the mishap. Their team is working constantly with, in addition to providing support to, the victims’ families.
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Filed at 12:18 pm under Health + More, Legal Help, Your Business
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