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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

DARK SECRETS: O2 academy brixton operator plans new crowd barriers if venue can reopen after fatal crush | Rare Historical Photos

The Brixton O2 Academy wants to install enhanced crowd control barriers if it is allowed to reopen after a fatal crush which killed two and left a third seriously injured.

The Metropolitan Police called for the venue to be stripped of its licence after a crush at an Asake gig in December claimed the lives of Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, a security worker, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33.

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