Soho’s famed Groucho Club has been served with notice of a licence review after allegations that the venue has been associated with “serious crime”. As a result, the club has now temporarily closed.
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00:00There's a club in Soho called The Groucho and it's known worldwide for its membership
00:04which is mostly writers, actors, journalists, musicians and normally they're known for having
00:09a good time. But today the club has had to temporarily close after Westminster Council
00:14issued it with a licence review. What this means is that the club will be closed until
00:18December the 9th. The exact details of what happened at the moment aren't presently known
00:23but a council spokesman told the Standard, following a request from the Metropolitan
00:27Police and with the agreement of the operator, the council's licensing sub-committee has
00:31decided to suspend The Groucho Club's licence with immediate effect on the basis that the
00:36premises is associated with serious crime. This decision follows reports that a serious
00:41crime may have taken place at the premises in circumstances linked to a breach in the
00:45premises licensing conditions. If that all seems a bit complicated, what it means is
00:49that allegedly a serious crime has taken place on the premises and the council and the Met
00:55Police need to make sure that the club is operating properly to look after its members.
01:00Instances like this aren't unheard of. We've had it at Trish's and also Loosh just this
01:04year alone but it's usually a bit more than someone just misbehaving slightly, drinking
01:10too much, disappearing off to somewhere they shouldn't. More is expected to be heard over
01:14the coming days.