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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Brixton Academy crush: Only half recommended number of medical staff on duty - claims

Only half the recommended number of trained medical staff were on duty the night that two people died in a crush at the O2 Brixton Academy, it has been claimed.

Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crowd surge outside the venue, as people tried to enter for a performance by Afrobeats artist Asake on December 15 last year.

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