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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Brixton Academy crush came after security guards 'took bribes' to let in ticketless fans

Several security guards at the O2 Brixton Academy where two women died in a horror crowd crush repeatedly let people in without tickets in exchange for bribes, a whistleblower has claimed.

The popular music venue in south London has had its licence suspended for three months after security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died in the crush outside a gig by Afro-pop star Asake.

A security guard has told BBC's File on 4 that some members of his team would allow "a couple of hundred" extra people into venues in exchange for bribe money.

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