Licence review of Wolverhampton pub where bouncer stabbed reveller after complaints

Bosses at The Greyhound, in Bond Street, want to open until 4.30am but police have said it must shut at 3am.

Managers at the neighbouring Rubicon Casino say there have been fights at the pub that have spilled out on to the street.

Police have applied for the licence to be reviewed and landlord Kevin Love will now appear before Wolverhampton City Council licensing chiefs, who will decide whether to impose restrictions on the pub's opening hours or even withdraw its licence.

In a letter to the committee Rubicon's general manager David Whitehouse stated there had been 'anti-social, violent, dangerous and aggressive behaviour' at the public house.

He added: "On regular occasions, our staff have witnessed, either by being in the vicinity at the time or on CCTV, violent exchanges between individuals leaving The Greyhound, assaults on local taxi company staff who are waiting for customers to leave our establishment, as well as numerous aggressive exchanges between the Greyhound patrons, not to mention the verbal abuse received by our staff when customers who are leaving the Greyhound attempt to enter out premises but are refused due to intoxication."

He added: "I am conscious of the safety of our customers and staff leaving our premises in the early hours of the morning and becoming inadvertently caught up in these situations and potentially being harmed as a result."

Letters have also been submitted by casino owner Adrian Ballard and security guard Fraser Tranter, who stated trouble spilling from the pub is putting 'added pressure' on his job to protect casino customers.

Mr Love, who has run the pub for 15 years, said he had put it up for sale. He added: "Since having a meeting with West Midlands Police I have turned the customer base around."

Last year Mark Brown, a bouncer, was jailed for three years for stabbing a man who was refused entry to the pub in the 'heat of the moment' in December 2010 with a knife he claimed belonged to the victim.

The licensing meeting will be on June 11.