The Magistrates Court has dismissed Mango's appeal. Mango's management now have 21 days in which to lodge an appeal with the Crown Court. If this goes ahead they will, unfortunately, be entitled to continue to trade.
As far as I understand it, the Crown Court is the end of the line. If the case does go to appeal there, then it will consist of a re-hearing in front of a Judge and two Magistrates. There is no jury.
If I were in Mr Sharma's shoes I would be very wary of an appeal to the Crown Court. His case has already been drop-kicked out of the door by LBTH and Thames Magistrates Court. Whilst the Crown Court has the ability to overturn the Magistrate's decision it also has the power to make the appellant pay prosecution costs. The benefit of an appeal is the continued ability to trade but one obvious risk is that costs could rapidly spiral out of control. He will, no doubt, be seeking legal advice.
As usual, we will just have to wait and see what happens. LBTH Licensing will send out something in writing to the interested parties. In the meantime we must remain resolute and vigilant. It might not be the end of the saga today but it is definitely another step forward.
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There seems to be a very strong correlation between getting a good nights sleep and mangos being open. Last week Mangos was closed and the road was deserted - I had the best nights sleep I have ever had. This Valentines weekend (Friday 12th and Saturday 13th)Mangos was open. I was repeatedly woken. At 2:30am in the morning Saturday a group of youths were standing outside their car for 15 minutes shouting, screaming, howling, singing, swearing. Car engines were revving, speeding down the street and horns blaring.
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