Moment man is knocked out on dance floor in troubled bar where staff stamped on customer's head and punter had his ear bitten off

A bar which has seen a string of violent incidents - including a man having part of his ear ‘bitten off’ and another knocked unconsious on the dance floor - has kept its licence after a punter had his head stamped on by staff outside the venue.

Tameside council’s liquor licensing panel carried out a review of the licence of the Back to the 80’s bar in Stalybridge after a series of violent incidents at the venue. These included grievous bodily harm assaults involving both customers and staff employed at the premises.

In July of this year at around 3am, a ‘serious assault’ occurred on Market Street, close to the back of the bar after a man who had been at the venue was thrown out. After he was ejected a member of staff and off-duty member of door staff followed him and assaulted him, the panel was told.

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The meeting on Tuesday (November 7) heard from police that CCTV footage of the incident showed one held the victim down while another kicked and stamped on his head, leaving him with a ‘deep gash’ to the nose and other injuries to his face.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and the North West Ambulance Service attended the scene and made two arrests. It is the third alleged incident of grievous bodily harm to have occurred at the property in the last three years, the panel was told.

In November 2021 the licensing department received information from GMP where a male customer had part of his ear bitten off while on the dance floor inside the venue. Documents stated police arrested the offender at the scene and the victim