Abandoned 262 year old Red Lion Pub. Leeds

Old Red Lion pub in Leeds loses licence

Councillors stripped a Leeds pub of its alcohol licence after a spate of violent incidents linked to the pub left one constable "convinced" someone may be killed if the venue wasn't closed.

PC Clifford claimed some customers at The Old Red Lion in York Road "appear to have a propensity to carry knives" and "the means and willingness to use them in open view of members of the public", in a report laid before Leeds City Council's licensing sub-committee

On June 13 beer garden punters "stood and watched" as one man was stabbed across the road from the Old Red Lion after three men entered the pub "seemingly looking for each other," PC Clifford wrote in the report. The crime remains under investigation.

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