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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Robert Firth

Politician allowed to open club at Old Kent Road venue where rape took place

A new nightclub will be allowed to open at a South London venue which was shut down last year after an alleged rape inside the premises.

Eddie Hanson, Deputy Mayor of Camden, had his application to open Vision Lounge on the Old Kent Road approved by Southwark councillors at a meeting on Thursday, despite opposition from local residents, the Met Police and the council’s own licensing team.

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