Dixy fried chicken shop has licence suspended after customer 'slashed in face by member of staff'

The victim was found "covered in blood" outside the Dixy Chicken in High Street North, Newham
Dixy Chicken in High Street North
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A fried chicken shop has had its licence suspended after a customer was allegedly stabbed in the face by a member of staff.

The victim was found "covered in blood" outside the Dixy Chicken in High Street North, Newham , with a four inch "slash wound running from his forehead to the top of his left eye".

On Tuesday, Newham's licensing committee heard that officers arrived to find the customer "bleeding profusely" and claiming he had been attacked with a "large blade".

The shop workers were mopping up blood inside and one member of staff had also suffered a head injury, police said.

The employees alleged that the customer had become abusive and this escalated into a fight where the men were allegedly attacking each other with the chicken shop chairs.

Police called the review and said the Dixy's management had "no control or understanding of the premises".

"You have to have quite strong management in places of this type," PC Gary Watson told the committee.

"The manager on that night was arrested. He didn't do his job."

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Two Dixy's staff and the customer were arrested on suspicion of GBH after the attack at about 8.45pm on March 10. Three knives were confiscated by detectives for testing and the case is still under investigation.

The committee heard that the licence holder at the time of the attak, Kashif Latif, had not had any interest in the business since 2017 and Nazrul Islam and Arfan Sher Rafiquie had taken over the shop.

Mr Rafiquie told the committee that this was the first violent incident the shop had seen.

He said that the two employees involved had been dismissed and the shop furniture would be "bolted down" in future. He added that CCTV would be also installed.

The shop had its licence suspended for eight weeks and will have to close at 11pm rather than 2am on weekdays and 4am on Friday and Saturday nights.

Eight conditions were added to any future licence, including the stipulation that CCTV be installed.

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