Bar keeps its licence ... for now

POLICE CALL FOR INTERIM CLOSURE AFTER ALTERCATION LEAVES MAN BADLY INJURED

- By ETHAN DAVIES Local Democracy Reporting Service

A MAN was left with a bleed on the brain following an altercation with bouncers outside a Manchester city centre bar, a town hall meeting heard.

Police and paramedics were called to Manahatta, on Deansgate, at 11.13pm on Saturday.

Officers shared details of what they believe unfolded at a licensing hearing on Wednesday morning.

"A member of the public was refused entry and he walked away and returned," Pc Aftab Hussain told councillors. "On his return, he punched door staff and then tries to punch a second door staff member.

"The second door staff [member] then punches him with such force he fell back and hit his head. He then approaches him and kicks him.