Pub closed after shooting

A notorious pub in Wolverhampton where a man was shot three times has been closed down.

An emergency meeting was called by council chiefs.

It followed grave concerns from police about "serious crime" at The Waggon & Horses in Cannock Road.

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A report on the pub said it "has become associated with local gangs" and that there has been "a catalogue of complaints and incidents of violence" either inside or outside the venue.

It has also emerged the female supervisor of the pub has fled with her family and is now holed up in a secret location amid fears for their safety.

A 47-year old man was injured after being shot at 5am on Sunday inside the pub, just nine days after a reveller was fired at as he left the pub.

Police and council chiefs met at the licensing sub-committee yesterday and agreed to suspend the licence until August 13, when a full review into the situation will be held.

Chairman of the meeting Councillor Carl Husted said the police could ask for the pub to be closed down permanently or maybe a new tenant would come in and run it in a different way.

In September last year a the pub was named in a court case about an Eastern European sex slave racket.