Metropolitan Police calls for O2 Academy Brixton licence to be revoked

London’s Metropolitan Police is calling for the O2 Academy Brixton to have its licence revoked, following the death of two people killed as the result of a crowd crush in December last year. The venue’s licence was suspended in January for three months by Lambeth Council, after Gaby Hutchinson and Rebecca Ikulmelo died as the …

O2 Academy Brixton inquest could lead to ‘criminal charges’

DCI Nigel Penney of the Metropolitan Police has said that an investigation into the recent crowd crush at O2 Academy Brixton, where two people died as a result, has a “strong possibility of [leading to] criminal charges”. December’s Asake concert at Brixton Academy saw a number of concertgoers that did not have a ticket to …

Brixton O2 Academy set to remain closed for further three months

The Brixton O2 Academy is set to remain closed until April after two people died following a crowd crush at an Asake gig in December.  Gaby Hutchinson and Rebecca Ikumelo died after being injured in a crush during a concert from the Afrobeats artist. Metropolitan Police launched an investigation to work out what happened at …

Brixton O2 Academy has licence suspended following crush

The Brixton O2 Academy has had its licence suspended after the Metropolitan Police applied for a summary review, following the death of two people at a recent gig. Two people died after a crowd crush at a concert from Afro-pop singer Asake on December 15. Rebecca Ikumelo died in hospital and Gaby Hutchinson also passed …