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COUNCILLORS SAID THEY HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN THE OWNER AND DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS CAPABLE OF RUNNING THE VENUE 18:41, 05 Jun 2025 A bar and grill has been stripped of its licence by a

council. City of Wolverhampton Council has revoked the licence of the Triangle Bar and Grill in Bank Street, Bradley, over “various and serious issues” after a hearing on Thursday (June 5).

A review of the Bank Street bar and grill’s licence was arranged after the council was drawn to two incidents in December last year following a tip-off – one of which police later confirmed

was an alleged kidnapping and another which saw fighting outside the venue resulting in its glass entrance being smashed. A subsequent inspection by the council found that the venue had also

failed basic safety measures and had been found to be employing an illegal worker in 2023. Following the hearing on June 5, the council’s licensing committee said it would be revoking the

licence. City of Wolverhampton Council’s solicitor Ronald Sempebwa said: “The committee felt that [Mr Multani] has not actually demonstrated that he is capable of running this premises

properly, and in accordance with the licensing objectives, despite his eight years. Article continues below “There were various and serious issues raised from security to safety to legal

employment and it is noted that it took a significantly long time for some of these to be addressed.” Committee chair Zee Russell said it had only been ‘for the grace of God’ that somebody

had not been hurt. Patrick Burke, representing Mr Multani, said the venue had ‘done all it had been asked to do’ after the concerns were raised but committee member Cllr Jane Francis said

the issues should never have happened in the first place. The council’s licensing department had recommended a one-month suspension with the bar’s closing time brought forward to 11pm

instead of 3am. West Midlands Police had recommended cutting the opening hours to 1am but the licence was nevertheless revoked by councillors. READ MORE: WOLVERHAMPTON COUNCIL AGREES NEW

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'CHERISHED' WEST MIDLANDS BEAUTY SPOT FROM BEING USED AS A RACETRACK Also at the hearing, Neil Aston-Baugh from the fire service said he was “disappointed” by the venue’s poor

safety measures and the issues should have been sorted out many years ago. West Midlands Police said it was still investigating the kidnapping outside the venue on December 14 last year. Sgt

Steph Reynolds from West Midlands Police told the hearing however that the force had no evidence to connect the two incidents to the bar and grill as they were “isolated matters” and the

disorder could not be attributed to the venue. Nevertheless, Sgt Reynolds said it was the opinion of West Midlands Police that Mr Multani was removed as the designated premises supervisor as

he was “unsuitable” and the disregard for fire and public safety measures was “unacceptable behaviour.” The force said six bystanders were questioned over the alleged kidnapping but

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£334,000 AGREED TO REVAMP WOLVERHAMPTON PARK WITH NEW PLAY AREA AND FIVE-A-SIDE PITCH PLANNED CCTV could not be provided by the venue to police for an ‘unknown reason’, a senior detective

had said. An incident a week later saw three people kicked out in the early hours only for one to return and smash the venue’s glass entrance. Complaints to the council had said the

vandalism had been preceded by ‘fighting in the street’. A report published ahead of the hearing showed a catalogue of complaints against the venue dating back to 2020 with several

neighbours saying they were at their wits’ end from years of enduring drinking and fighting in the streets, broken glass, shouting, arguing and loud music until the early hours and cars

blocking pavements and driveways. The complaints said the problems were “no longer isolated incidents and were “becoming the norm.” A fire safety inspection also found there was no risk

assessment in place for the venue, fire alarms and emergency lightning needed servicing and alarm triggers and fire safety instructions needed to be put in place. Mr Multani was also fined

£10,000 last year after the Home Office found he was employing an illegal worker, whose two-year student visa expired in 2012, in his kitchen. During an inspection at the beginning of the

year, council staff found the venue had breached the fire safety conditions of its licence and the owner was unable to provide CCTV for the previous 30 days as is compulsory. The layout of

the venue had also been altered without permission. Council staff returned later that month only to find the issues had not been resolved. The council said it was also concerned the

designated supervisor Abinash Singh Multani, who is supposed to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the bar and grill, was “rarely at the venue.” The council’s licensing

committee meets on June 5 for the review. Article continues below The current licence, issued by City of Wolverhampton Council in 2020, allows the bar and grill to open from 8am to 3.30am

every day. City of Wolverhampton Council said several applications had been made to change the licence but were incomplete and rejected. A completed application to vary the licence, with a

new Continental Food House name, was made earlier this month. This included cutting the opening hours to 2am.