POLICE have claimed "urban and RnB" themed club nights are attracting revellers prone to causing "large-scale violence".

The comments were made by PC Simon Wheeler as the force seeks to revoke Club 20's alcohol licence for a second time in less than six months.

Among the documents being put forward in Thames Valley Police's application is a print out of the online slang website Urban Dictionary which defines urban music as: "Music that mostly originated from black people but is now listened to by a wide audience. It includes a number of genres within it. Hip-hop, R&B, Soul etc."

The latest bid to stop alcohol being served comes after a street fight involving around 30 men brandishing bottles and belts spilled out onto the streets around the Hosier Street venue on December 5 last year.

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The Urban Dictionary print out filed as part of the licensing review from Thames Valley Police

A further "large-scale" incident on New Year's Eve allegedly involved weapons and a similar number of men.

In the application to revoke Club 20's licence PC Wheeler blamed their continued promotion of "high risk events involving urban and RnB style music genres".

He added: "This style of event regularly attracts crowds with the propensity for becoming involved in large scale violence and sadly we have been blighted by this in Reading for a number of years."

The move to ban the sell of booze comes after Reading Borough Council agreed the club could continue to operate as normal following an earlier review in October where a series of stricter licensing conditions were ordered.

Despite the extra efforts - including metal detectors on the doors and banning the use of glass inside the venue - officers were called to the large brawl late last year.

In the application police said: "The incident on December 5 2015 culminated in approximately 30 males fighting in the streets of Reading and utilising bottles and belts as weapons.

"Two persons were knocked unconscious in the resulting fights."

An email sent to police from duty manager Emma Wilson hours before the fight set out the extra security efforts being put in place for the Friday night show from Jamaican dance-hall star Tony Matterhorn.

Following the December 5 brawl an emergency meeting of the town centre's Pubwatch scheme was called and saw other local businesses "plead" that urban and RnB nights were not held as they believed them to encourage "extreme acts of violence".

The council's licensing applications sub-committee will consider the matter on Friday at the Civic Offices.

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