Venue staff failed to ring 999 when man injured

An event's venue has kept its licence after it was reviewed at the request of police over staff's failure to call 999 when a fight left a man unconscious.

Vaal & Vaal, in the Chapel Ash area of Wolverhampton, has been allowed to stay open, but the council's licensing committee agreed to change its licence.

It comes after a fight broke out during a post-midnight 18th birthday party that the owners did not have permission to hold.

As part of the new terms of the licence, the venue must now have extensive CCTV, incident and refusal logs, registered door staff and staff training.

West Midlands Police said the venue, which has a licence to serve alcohol until midnight and 01:00 on Bank Holidays, did not have a temporary event notice for the late-night party on 10 January and had not applied for one.

CCTV footage showed a fight had taken place outside the venue at about 02:00 GMT, which left a man unconscious but was not reported to police.

The hearing on Tuesday, heard how the Raglan Street venue had begun as a hairdressers and salon when it was taken over in 2018, but the owners had moved towards hosting parties and celebrations as part of a new private venue in recent years.

The salon closed its doors at the end of January.

More than 200 events have been held since opening and the City of Wolverhampton Council recently approved Vaal & Vaal's request to extend its opening hours to 02:00.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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