Metropolitan Police apply for O2 Academy Brixton to be closed for good

Radio investigative show File On 4 reported a security guard at the venue said some members of the security staff would allow “a couple of hundred” people into the venue in exchange for money.

Two people died after crowds rushed the door at an Asake gig at the O2 Academy Brixton (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

The O2 Academy Brixton could be closed for good after the Metropolitan Police urged the council to strip the venue of its licence.

Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were killed when fans without tickets tried to enter a show by Nigerian artist Asake at the south London venue on December 15.