Islington Council have closed down Fabric Nightclub. The Club has had it's licence permeanently revoked and will no longer be open for business.
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Fabric |
After an overnight review meeting which saw Fabric's owners
Cameron Leslie and
Keith Riley, Staff members and many more fight for the nightclub to remain open Islington Council sided with the MET Police and concluded that the club should be permanently closed as it had become a "Drugs haven" and would only get worse due to the lack of staff and security intervention when it came to drug use.
"Staff intervention and security was grossly inadequate inthe light of the overwhelming evidence that it was abundantly obvious that patrons in the club were on drugs and manifesting symptoms showing that they were. This including sweating, glazed red eyes and staring into space and people asking for help." -
Islington Council
The closure of the club was said by Islington council and Metropolitan Police to be due to the recent drug-related deaths of two 18 year olds at the club within a space of 4 months.
Ryan Browne, 18, and Jack Crossley both died after taking the ilegal drug, MDMA. Mr Browne was said to have bought the drugs into the club, he had also taken three ecstacy tablets which he had smuggled into the club. Mr Crossley smuggled MDMA into the club in his boxer shorts after a relaxed search by security.
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London Mayor, Sadiq Khan |
When initial talks began about the closure of Fabric, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he would help to keep the club open.
Before the final decision was made to close Fabric, Mr Khan had sent a letter to Islington Council asking them to reconsider closing the club as it was a part of London's iconic clubbing scene.
Read letter
here.
So is closing Fabric really the answer?
In my opinion, "No!!!"