Relatives of two people killed at a south London music venue have renewed their appeal for information one year on from the deadly crush. Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were killed when fans without tickets tried to force their way into a show by Nigerian artist Asake at the O2 Brixton Academy on December 15 2022.
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00:00 Relatives of two people killed at a South London music venue have renewed their appeal
00:06 for information one year on from the deadly crush.
00:10 23-year-old security guard Gabby Hutchinson and 33-year-old Rebecca Ikuemlu were killed
00:16 when fans who claimed to have tickets tried to force their way into a show by Nigerian
00:21 artist Asake at the Otu at Brixton Academy in December 2022.
00:27 About 1,000 people were outside the venue and police found large-scale disorder, with
00:32 crowds eventually pushing the doors open, according to Gerald Gurrier, who represented
00:38 the Met at an earlier licensing hearing.
00:42 A year on, the Met police have released images of people they would like to speak to in relation
00:47 to the incident.
00:49 Now friends and family of the victims have called for a renewed appeal and say they are
00:53 still suffering from the heartbreak of the incident that occurred 12 months ago.
00:59 Calling his daughter an angel, Mr Ikuemlu said there are still lots of questions to
01:04 be answered.
01:05 He added that the most important thing is to make sure that this doesn't happen to
01:09 another family.
01:11 After the incident at Brixton Academy, the venue faced permanent closure after the Metropolitan
01:17 Police urged the council to remove its licence.
01:20 But following a two-day hearing back in September, Lambeth Council's licensing sub-committee
01:25 voted to allow the venue to continue operating so long as it meets 77 extensive and robust
01:32 new conditions.
01:34 The Met's senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Penny, said
01:40 the force are keen to address the tragic incident that happened a year ago with its investigation
01:46 and want to let people know that the Met police are still tirelessly working extremely hard
01:51 trying to ascertain the actual detail of how this tragic event happened.
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