A city centre nightclub has been ordered to stop trading for the next two weeks in a bid to protect public safety.

Last September a 21-year-old man was stabbed five times at Kushion, Bath Street, after a fight broke out between three men.

One of the men has now been jailed for 10 years for attempted murder.

On arrival to this incident, police became aware that staff had tried to clean up the blood from the attack and had not attempted to cordon the area off.

Owners of the club, from the G1 Group, were brought before Glasgow City Council’s licensing board yesterday.

Police Scotland described nine serious incidents which are claimed to have taken place in the nightclub since 2017.

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In November 2017, a woman was allegedly groped on the dance floor while on a night out with her friend.

It is understood that in November 2017, a 17-year-old man was on the dance floor with his friends when another male head-butted him.

On a separate occasion, a 17-year-old woman was with her friend, when she was sexually assaulted by a man. The board also raised concerns that people under 18 were allowed into the venue.

A representative of the club said: “Our club appeals mainly to those aged 18-25 and we ID everyone who wants a night out here.”

Police stated that in August 2018 an 18-year-old man was left bleeding after he was punched to the face and on a separate occasion another 18-year-old man was left with a fractured jaw and two metal plates in his jawbone following an attack.

When police went to review CCTV footage, they found no cameras installed in that area of the nightclub.

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Another alleged incident left a man with stitches after he was punched in the face.

It is also claimed that November last year a 25-year-old man was attacked by a group of five men while he was at the bar.

Last month a steward was arrested after he allegedly placed a customer in a chokehold. The bouncer said that he thought the man was trying to sneak past security. It is also alleged that the steward was found with a knife in his pocket.

Since September 2018 nine cameras have been upgraded and another 14 have been installed in blindspots with a total of 36 cameras now in place.

Mr Skinner said: “This has been a regrettable period. We don’t always get it right and the company has dropped the ball.

“There was a short period of time where we got it badly wrong.”

Councillor Alex Wilson said: “You didn’t just drop the ball you booted it halfway across Glasgow. I would like to think that we don’t use our public to learn from our mistakes.”

Concerns were also raised that staff cleaned up the crime scene rather than waiting for police to examine it.

Kushion has had its licence suspended with immediate effect for two weeks. It will be reinstated once staff have completed preventing crime and disorder training as well as securing public safety and ensuring young people don’t come to harm.

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After the training has taken place and the board Kushion will only be allowed reopen until 12am each night.

A spokesman said: “Members of the board were clear that action had to be taken in relation to these premises to ensure public safety.

“We expect the licence holder to now undertake a range of measures to ensure the necessary improvements to how these premises have been previously operating.”