A pub which was forced to close after a violent incident now wants to scrap licence conditions which allowed it to reopen.

Reports of violence, sexual assault, and an inability to control its customers saw Molly Malone’s, in West Street, Brighton, lose its licence in August 2021.

In May 2022, the pub was told it could reopen but needed to become a dedicated live music and cabaret venue, to have an electronic ID scanner on the door and that 2.30am was the latest customers could enter.

Now, little more than a year later, Molly Malone’s has applied to drop all of the rules from its licence.

Speaking in May last year, a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman said: “We revoked the licence of Molly Malone’s because of serious concerns we and the police had about a number of issues.

"These included the way the pub was being managed, under-age sales and safeguarding issues.

“The landlord appealed to the magistrates’ court, and this led to several months of negotiations between the pub, the council and the police.”

He said that Molly Malone’s adhering to the conditions meant all three parties agreed on an “acceptable” way forwards.

Things reached a climax at the pub on July 6, 2021, when a 16-year-old boy carried out a violent attack while on the premises.

A barrister for Indigo Leisure, which runs the pub, previously told the licensing panel the incident “sent shockwaves” through the premises.

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On the night of the attack, a junior supervisor was running the business rather than a senior manager as would usually have been the case.

The panel said: “There were clearly serious management and staff failures on Tuesday, July 6, which permitted the 16-year-old to gain access and remain in the premises.

“It is suggested that just two staff were responsible for this failure but the licence has a whole raft of conditions requiring regular surveillance and checks in the premises by all staff and yet these were not sufficient to prevent the serious incidents.”

They said there were “considerable failures” among door staff that night, one of whom, referred to as the “rogue door man” was already banned from working at the premises.

Police and the fire service are being consulted on the application before a decision on August 19.

Indigo Leisure was contacted for comment.