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OOH la la! A Catford French restaurant could lose its licence over allegations of sex in the basement,
fighting, drug use and people defecating outside.
Neighbours claim they have been getting an Ei el of seedy goings-on at Le Bourgeois, situated beneath
the Eros House block of flats on Brownhill Road.
Reports from the Met Police, calling for the licence to be revoked, are being considered at Catford town
hall this week and detail a range of allegations.
They
include complaints that customers have been romping in the basement, watching stripteases in
the early hours and, during a summer pool party, having sex in the block‘s stairwell.
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Police say they also found numerous business cards for a weekly late night adult party called Thick
Lick, believed to be linked to the venue.
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Neighbours have also reported a gun being fired, fighting by customers, cannabis smoking, gambling,
pools of urine and used condoms strewn outside by boozing punters.
Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander said she was first contacted about the problems nine months ago.
She said: "People talked about having to clean up faeces from outside the restaurant.
"They told me there are strippers inside and there are people having sex at the back of the restaurant."
Ms Alexander said: "Given the length of time that these problems have been going on, I do think some
serious action needs to be taken."
The licence will be reviewed at a Lewisham Council licensing committee on Thursday (January 17).
"I have to leave my flat at weekends."
NEIGHBOURS claim the restaurant is driving them crazy and have revealed the problems in a series of
anonymous statements to police:
- "It is having a detrimental e ect to my physical and mental well being and has gotten to the stage
where I have to leave my flat on weekends and look for where I can go to in order that I can have a
peaceful weekend."
- "On several occasions I saw finger and hands prints places on the bonnet of my car in a compromising
position."
- "There are lots of strange people wandering the building, usually very drunk, stinking of alcohol and
or carrying bottles/cans of strong alcohol."
- "I have been informed by a co-resident that sex activities are going on in the basement… she found
used
condoms constantly in the basement a er parties at Le Bourgeois."
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- "The noise, fighting, gangs hanging around, drug dealing, shouting and screaming, all from this club,
is getting to my wits end."
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2:46pm Mon 14 Jan 13
Carparkattendant
Why is it I only hear about these things when it is too late !
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5:56pm Mon 14 Jan 13
madras
well, it is a French restaurant - how terribly bourgeois!
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9:33pm Mon 14 Jan 13
ron.1952
Oh come along please. What would one expect from a night out in Catford.
Salubrious it will never be, never has been never will be.
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2:32pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Have your say
Theres only one good thing about Catford....when the tra ics clear you can drive through it in 2
minutes!!
What a sh** ****
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