A Bury cocktail bar accused of being "associated with serious crime" could be forced to shut down permanently after a man was hurt outside its premises.

Hidden Bar, located off Silver Street, could have its licence to trade revoked after a fight broke out outside its premises last month.

The incident, which occurred at around 3.30am on Saturday, September 10, left a man in his forties with "puncture wound" to his leg, reportedly caused by a stabbing.

Greater Manchester Police submitted an application to the licensing authority, which lies with the council's responsibility, to review the bar’s permission to trade.

The bar is temporarily closed ahead of a licensing meeting tomorrow, Thursday.

The application states: “These premises are associated with serious crime and serious disorder.

“An incident of disorder occurred immediately outside the above premises resulting in numerous customers from the premises fighting, receiving punches and being knocked to the ground.

“The disorder continued along Broad Street (which is the street where the main entrance/exit is situated) with several flashpoints of disorder.

“As a result, one male whom was also a perpetrator to the disorder received a puncture wound to his upper left thigh resulting in loss of blood and the victim being taken to hospital.”

The council’s licencing hearing sub committee agreed to an interim suspension of the bar’s licence in September ahead of a final review this month.

At a meeting, held on Wednesday, September 14, the committee agreed to the suspension due to "the serious nature’ of the incident and "the risk of further crime and disorder".

Referring to the incident raised by police, the incident heard: “Emergency calls [were] made at 3.51am and 3.57am by staff but this incident began just after 3.30am which were too little, too late after the first incident, which could have avoided the later injury to the victim.

“An instruction was given to a member of staff to wash away blood from the street which affected evidence of a crime scene.”

The committee noted that the bar’s licence holder, Paul Sarnoe, had not complied with the conditions of the licence by admitting customers after 3am and failing to use the communications radio link to report the incident to police promptly.

The licensing hearing sub committee will meet again tomorrow, Thursday, to review the interim measures.

It will consider a number of options including modification of the bar’s licence, an exclusion the sale of alcohol from the licence, or removal of the licence entirely.

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