Customers 'fled in fear, ducked and gestured about the firing of a gun': Wolverhampton pub has licence revoked
A pub at the centre of a shooting may be forced to close after the council revoked its licence.
Gunshots were fired at the Pegasus pub in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, during a birthday party on May 27.
Two vehicles were damaged in the shooting which took place on the car park of the pub at around 11.30pm.
CCTV obtained by the police revealed how customers fled in fear, ducked and gestured about the firing of a gun.
Wolverhampton council's licensing subcommittee has decided to revoke the Jackson Street pub's licence after hearing evidence from the owner and designated premises supervisor, Balbinder Singh Gill.
The committee heard how both Mr Singh Gill and his son Harjit Gill had failed to report the gun fire to police and maintained they were not aware that any shots were fired.
However, CCTV shown in the meeting showed Harjit Gill inspecting one of the damaged vehicles and moving it from the pub car park to a nearby road.
Sgt Jake Flanagan osaid: "Until I came this meeting I was prepared to say that Mr Singh Gill and Mr Gill were victims, that they operate in a difficult neighbourhood.
"I was prepared to be generous in offering to work with them to amend the conditions of their licence.
"However, on the basis of this meeting, I am no longer of the belief that amending the conditions of the licence would be an appropriate or proportionate response.
"We are not satisfied that this is about licensing conditions. It's about the culture of untruthfulness and about honesty."
Despite being shown the CCTV, Harjit Gill maintained that neither he nor his father were aware of the gun shots being fired.
He said: "I was just told that the windows had been smashed and the man whose car it was asked me to move it for him because he had had a drink."
He added: "We have never been scared to tell the police anything.
"This type of thing could have happened in any public place, we couldn't have predicted it."
The licence holder has 21 days to appeal the decision of the subcommittee.
They can stay open until a court decides whether to uphold the decision.
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