Watch: footage from the public holiday scuffle at Coventry nightclub shows party animal hit by bouncer

Footage of a brawl at the Rehab Warehouse that was disputed by police and nightclub staff was released after the venue was rescued from closure.

It shows the large dispersed crowd before a reveler is dragged outside and knocked to the ground by a bouncer.

The security team member was fired for the attack, but said police bottles were thrown and he “feared for his life”.

The Coventry City Council licensing committee learned earlier this month how the 20-man scuffle saw a party animal thrown through a barbecue. However, staff and participants contested this.

The nine-minute video had been a crucial part of the West Midlands Police case for the site’s closure. Caterers at the Bishop Street site reported that their recipes were stolen in the incident and their equipment was broken.

After one minute and 15 seconds, the fight breaks out, at three minutes we see the man being hit.

The council’s licensing subcommittee gave the nightclub “one last chance” to clean up its house.

The top DJs to have played in the hall since it opened in January include Duke Dumont, Radio One’s Zane Lowe, world-renowned DJ Pete Tong and The Streets’ frontman Mike Skinner.

The images were taken on the bank holiday in March, when the venue was open from 2 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day. It later shows paramedics entering the yard after eight minutes before a party girl was executed by a member of the security team.

The first police report on the incident described a woman “placed on a barbecue and bottles thrown into the crowd.” This was refuted by those involved in the scene and is not shown in CCTV footage.

Testifying to the police about the incident, the dismissed door staff member insisted that 20 men had fought in the yard.

He said: “The violence was so bad that we feared for our lives. Bottles were thrown at us, people were trying to attack us.

Police had called for the dance hall to be closed following a series of violent and drug-related incidents.

The club have promised a management reshuffle, strict adherence to anti-drug procedures and the introduction of the city’s first identity scanner.

The device scans and stores driver’s license information for anyone wishing to enter the site and is the first of its kind in the city.

The CCTV footage was presented as evidence by West Midlands Police for advisers to decide the fate of Rehab Warehouse. However, this was not shown during the committee hearing because the police ran out of time.

The lawyer for Rehab Warehouse said at the hearing: “This incident has been described in different ways by different people.

“All you could see in the distance was a sway of bodies in the background and the shaking of a barbecue afterwards. The result was that the gate staff kicked out the abusive individual.

The place will now also lose its nickname “Rehab” and will be reopened as a warehouse.