A Leeds bar with a history of run-ins with the law could lose its licence after police claimed its bosses were a “front” for the previous owner.
Maddison Bar and Grill, in Harehills, opened in 2020, months after the Shaftesbury Pool Club at the same premises was shut down by the authorities, following a string of stabbings. The council granted permission for the bar and grill to open as a new business, on the grounds its two directors were thought to be unconnected to the old pool club’s owner, Salman Haydaran.
But after being arrested on suspicion of assault at the premises in May 2021, Mr Haydaran said in a police interview he ran the business, a public hearing on Tuesday was told. Police have now accused Mr Haydaran of being “deceptive” and claimed the two directors had been “associates” he’d put up as a “front” to allow him to carry on running the place.
