Response from Mr Frank Dilustro...

In repose to the feedback on social media Mr Dilustro sent the PT this letter:

“It’s easy to think that we know what’s going on.

We don’t understand why a person has taken a particular course of action. why an event has taken place. We don’t make decisions on evidence or fact, we just make the decision and believe it, as fact.

A lot of damage can be done by confusing assumptions, with the truth. If we just stop and do our own fact-checking before deciding that we know something, we’ll avoid the trap false assumptions and most likely prevent a lot of unnecessary difficulties for ourselves and others.

It has taken over twelve months for the Peterborough City Council to take the decision to relocate the Roundabout Café, on the facts presented to them.

The Licensing Committee Public Report is available online.

Reading that report, it’s clear a recent escalation in aggressive behaviour was ultimately why the decision was made.

I would like to stress and make clear, at no time have any of my employees or myself been involved or associated with any altercation. Gareth Brighton’s report was in essence correct, there’s enough space for the café and us to coexist, with a little give and take on both sides as there has had to be, but for some inexplicable reason I’ll never understand there was not enough room for the owners of the café.

We have been here since 2013 not 20 years as was reported. Armando was here when we took over the unit.

The previous owner of this unit provided electricity to his vehicle from a seperate meter he had installed. I don’t know if Armando was charged from that meter, but I never, and I never had to pay for a bacon roll. Armando was a gentleman who retired due to ill health. I extended that courtesy to the new owner, and for the next six years there was never a cross word between us.

That’s about as much as I want to say on the subject.

I was asked not to attended the meeting.

Franks Autos has no objection for Mr Mutlu placing a banner on their fence to inform clients of his new location.

We are sorry to arrive at this situation and wish Mr Mutlu success in the future.”