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From the
https://www.kentlive.news By Victoria Chessum, 2 September 2019.
Wetherspoons pubs in Maidstone vow to review security after fatal
stabbing of Andre Bent, 21.
Meetings between partners are due to take place in regards to exactly
what safety measures will be implemented.
A pub chain says plans are in place to bolster its security in Maidstone
just days after a fatal stabbing took place.
Student Andre Bent, 21, from Lambeth in London, was stabbed to death in
the High Street in the early hours of Sunday, August 25.
He had been out in the town celebrating a friend's birthday when the
brawl broke out in the middle of the town centre.
The fight had erupted outside Gallery nightclub after rapper MoStack
made an appearance.
Despite the club initially claiming it had checked its guests on entry
to the nightspot, its boss Trevor Modell later apologised and admitted
the club only searched "a few bags".
This has since sparked Wetherspoons to start talks about extra safety
measures that are set to be put in place in the town's two branches.
Spoons, as it is known, has the "Muggleton Inn," in High Street and the
"Society Rooms," in Week Street, both close to where the stabbing took
place.
A spokesman for Wetherspoons said: “While we have not had any immediate
issues ourselves, we are reviewing our operations at both the "Muggleton
Inn" and the "Society Rooms," to ensure the continued safety of our staff
and customers.
“Our two pubs, together with our door security partners, licensing
officer and senior management, are liaising to see if there are
opportunities to assist in making the pubs and town a safer place to
socialise in.”
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