A nightclub that repeatedly flouted warnings to stop breaching Covid laws has been forced to shut down after authorities were left with no confidence that those in charge could comply with the law.
The Incense Lounge in Enfield, north London, was visited by police and council officers in September last year and found to be operating as a nightclub and shisha bar, serving alcohol and playing music.
In October, police found a large group of people inside the venue with no social distancing, while on another occasion the shutters were pulled down to conceal what was going on inside.
The venue was finally taken to court by Enfield Council this month after it continued to stay open despite being served with enforcement notices.
The Incense Lounge has been shut down for a peirod of three months following a court hearing. Credit: Enfield Council A nightclub that repeatedly ignored warnings and risked the health of the wider public has been forced to pull down the shutters. The Incense Lounge in Alma Road, near Ponders End, has been ordered by a court to immediately close for three months. The venue has received multiple visits from police and Enfield Council officers since September after it was found to have been operating as a nightclub and shisha bar, serving alcohol and playing music, which breached both coronavirus and licensing laws.
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A teenager who was convicted of shouting: I don t want your coronavirus in my country as he beat up a Singaporean law student during a racist attack was today ordered to pay his victim £600.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, punched 24-year-old Jonathan Mok in the face during the group attack on February 24 last year.
Witnesses to the attack standing a few metres away heard the words disease and coronavirus used, while Mr Mok said the defendant told him: I don t want your coronavirus in my country.
UCL law student Mr Mok, who had been studying in London for two years at the time of the incident, required surgery on his face following the confrontation on Oxford Street, central London.