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Scunthorpe High Street King Kebab licence revoked after ‘flying punch’ floors member of the public

A Scunthorpe town centre fast food takeaway outlet has had its licence revoked after a police officer was punched in the face, and member of the public floored by a “flying punch”.

King Kebab in Scunthorpe High Street had its licence skewered as a result of an incident on Friday, November 10, 2023, at about 8pm. The premises licence holder (PLH) became involved in a disagreement with a male member of the public.

The disagreement escalated when the member of the public touched his car. The member of the public was pushed, kicked at, and punched in the face by the licence holder, to the point of falling to the floor. He was later hit by a “flying punch” by a King Kebab member of staff, seemingly knocked unconscious. The same worker also punched a plain clothes police officer.

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During the altercation, the member of the public punched the licence holder’s car, and threw a sign at the shop’s window. No calls were made to the police by the shop, or the delivery driver.

Humberside Police applied for the licence to be reviewed on the grounds of prevention of crime and disorder, and public safety. “The behaviour of the PLH and the staff at the shop undermine the licensing objectives, and the example set by the PLH is not acceptable,” it stated in an application document.

A North Lincolnshire Council licensing sub-committee met on January 25 and heard from Humberside Police, their legal representatives and the licence holder, who all attended. The sub-committee unanimously agreed to revoke the premises licence.

Humberside Police’s legal representative applied to be able to cross-examine the licence holder and to show CCTV footage of the incident. After a short deliberation, the sub-committee rejected the cross-examination request, but did grant permission to view the CCTV footage. In reaching their decision to revoke the licence, minutes state the sub-committee “gave particular weight to the CCTV evidence where the licence holder was clearly identified assaulting a member of the public”. It also showed during the incident he left to carry out other duties, leaving members of staff to deal with the escalating incident.

The licence holder was sorting a delivery outside the shop, when the disagreement began. It escalated when the male member of the public touched his car. The PLH got out of the car to confront him, pushed him to the face, kicked out at him and then drove off.

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Shortly after, the licence holder parked outside the premises again. The member of the public saw, and disagreement resumed. Humberside Police’s statement in the licensing review document continues: “The male punched the car window, causing no damage, at which point the PLH ran from the driver’s seat and kicked the male, before punching him, causing him to fall to the floor. He was not interested in seeing if he was ok, just wanted him out the way so he could continue with the deliveries.”

Members of staff came out of King Kebab to see what was happening, but did not offer help. The male member of the public shortly after threw a sign at the shop’s window. Staff came out as a result, and one male worker did a ‘flying punch’ into the male, “seemingly knocking him unconscious”.

A male plain clothes police officer was punched in the face by the same worker, who returned to try and punch again, before running away from the shop and the police officer. Minutes of the sub-committee indicate concern that the licence holder “was not carrying out pre-employment checks adequately”. This led to the police being unable to identify the member of staff who carried out the ‘flying punch’.

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The sub-committee viewed this and failure to co-operate with Humberside Police as the licence review applicant as “obstructive behaviour”. It viewed the recent violent activities involving staff and the licence holder as a “highly serious concern”.

The licence holder has up to 21 days from notification of the decision to appeal it at Magistrates’ Court.

Grimsby Live has tried to contact King Kebab but at the time of publication, had not received a response.

Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

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