Staff at a Leeds chippy are feeling threatened by “angry” and aggressive customers when they close up for the night, a public hearing’s been told. Workers at Crispy Fish and Chips, in the Hyde Park area of the city, feel “vulnerable” when ushering customers out the door at 4am, local councillors heard on Tuesday.
The takeaway went viral last year after a video showing customers dancing to Sean Paul within the premises was viewed hundreds of thousands of times, Leeds Live reported. But the Headingley Lane chippy’s request for permission to trade for an extra hour, until 5am, has been rejected after anti-social behaviour issues at and around the venue were highlighted.
Speaking at the hearing at Civic Hall, Crispy’s representative, Nazar Sadiq said: “The applicant says this hour is very important to us and to our customers. Sometimes when we tell customers we have to close we are vulnerable to being attacked by them. They get angry and say, ‘Why are you closing? Why are you closing your shop to us?'”
