The Liquor Licensing Board of Grand Cayman has put three bars on probation following three separate incidents.
Chairman of the Liquor Licensing Board Mitchell Welds told the Caymanian Compass this week that Durty Reid’s Palace in Red Bay, District 6 Nightclub on West Bay Road and Rainbow Bar in West Bay have been placed on probation.
This follows on from the closed deliberations from last Thursday’s quarterly session of the Liquor Licensing Board at Custom’s Headquarters.
Mr. Welds explained that the decision to put Durty Reids Palace on probation was as a result of a letter from concerned parents relating to an assault on a teen by a patron at the premises and another boy’s cell phone being taken.
The other two premises, District 6 and the Rainbow Bar, were placed on probation because of reports from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service about disturbances in which it was reported that persons in positions of responsibility were intoxicated.
‘The board takes these types of incidents very seriously and licensees who condone this sort of practice run the risk of losing their licenses,’ said Mr. Welds.
The reports from District 6 and Rainbow Bar relate to incidents from December 2006.
‘The concern the police have is how someone can manage a premises in a highly intoxicated state,’ Mr. Welds said.
With regard to District 6, it was also reported that on Sunday 10 December, 2006, a security guard was trying to prevent the intoxicated person from driving his vehicle off the premises, resulting in a scuffle.
The fact that this resulted in a scuffle with security is something the board views as a very serious matter, said Mr. Welds.
The matter at the Rainbow Bar in West Bay was brought to police attention because of an incident on Friday, 8 December, in which the police attended a bar relating to a disturbance in which bottles were being broken on the road outside by a group of five to six males, the RCIPS report said.
However, police were not successful in finding those responsible.
With regard to Durty Reids Palace in Red Bay, the Board received a letter from concerned parents in relation to an incident that happened at the premises on 5 January, 2007.
The incident involved a teen being assaulted and another youth’s cell phone being taken by a patron of the bar.
The letter outlined that the group of teens, aged from 12 to 16, was at the restaurant eating. When they finished and went outside, a patron came out and began to curse and insult them and went back in again. All except the youngest of the youths went on over to Grand Harbour to get dessert. The youngest stayed outside the bar awaiting his mother to pick him up, the letter said.
The patron reappeared again, grabbed the child’s cell phone and went back inside. The child became afraid and went to the others at Grand Harbour, the letter said.
The group of friends came back and one of them went into the bar to get the cell phone for the youngest member of the group.
The friend was hit by the patron, which resulted in him being involved in a fight, the letter continued.
As Durty Reids is set up as a separate bar and restaurant, teens are entitled to go to the restaurant, but not the bar, Mr. Welds.
The board substantiated the incident with the management of Durty Reids, Mr. Welds said.
Also, he said, according to the letter, the child’s phone was never recovered and the teen involved in the fight was bruised.
‘This is a very serious matter,’ Mr. Welds said.
He explained that a bar being placed on probation means that the board keeps a watchful eye on the premises during the probation period, and any further incidents during that period could result in the board taking further action.
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