Social club set to lose licence over ‘stabbing’
A CARDIFF social club where a man was allegedly stabbed is set to be stripped of its licence by the council.
A council committee has decided to revoke the licence of Pengam Moors Social Club in Tremorfa after hearing evidence from South Wales Police.
It comes after an alleged stabbing following a fight at the Seawall Road club on August 24 this year.
Pengam Moors Social Club now has 21 days to appeal the decision in court.
Police told the council there were no door staff on duty on the night of the alleged stabbing and they were unable to get CCTV footage of the incident.
A 22-year-old man, Lloyd Thomas Paterson, from Splott has been charged with wounding with intent and appeared before Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on August 27.
The 32-year-old man who was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff following the incident remains in a serious but stable condition.
As previously reported in the Echo, Cardiff Council suspended Pengam Moors’ licence following the incident but allowed it to reopen with new conditions after an appeal.
Pengam Moors was only allowed to reopen if at least two security staff were employed after 8pm on Friday and Saturday evenings, and a metal detection device was being used.
The club can continue to sell alcohol under those conditions for 21 days – but after then the licence would be revoked if it does not appeal.
If the club does decide to appeal, the matter will be heard by the magistrates’ court.
Cardiff council’s licensing sub-committee decided to revoke the licence after a behind-closed-doors meeting at City Hall on Tuesday.
Pengam Moors Social Club avoided having its licence revoked in December last year following a separate incident at the premises.
A man was hit around the head with a baseball bat, suffering a suspected fractured jaw, at a Halloween party on October 26 last year.
The man’s alleged attacker was allowed to enter the club with the bat as he told staff it was part of his Halloween costume, a previous licensing hearing was told.
A man was arrested in connection with the incident but was later released without charge.
Pengam Moors was allowed to stay open if it had at least two door staff when there are more than 50 people at a preplanned event or a televised boxing event is shown.
Members of the club had told Cardiff council that Pengam Moors was an asset to the community with a “family environment”.
One said: “The club is a hub for such a great community of people.
“From staff members to people who come in off the street, the club is a place that welcomes people into a family environment.
“In the seven years I have worked there I’ve never experienced any kind of trouble or felt in danger in any way.
“More than anything, I have felt safe and loved as part of a bigger community of people that I consider family.”