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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Notorious Edinburgh bar has hours cut after 'riots' leave staff and customers hospitalised

A notorious Edinburgh pub will have to call last orders early as punishment for failing to control drunken "riots" which left customers and staff hospitalised.

The Spey Lounge was reported to the council for the second time in six months over incidents of violence and disorder which police said staff had "lackadaisical attitude" towards.

The Leith Walk boozer had to shut for two weeks in September after being slapped with a suspension for a "litany" of noise complaints about the bar's karaoke machine and reports of assaults and thefts.

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