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IT looks like the last dance has taken place at a popular Holloway nightclub after a judge this week backed Islington Council’s decision to revoke its licence.Poor standards of management at the Peoples Social Club, in Holloway Road, were cited by a judge at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday as the principal reason for shutting down the venue, which specialises in black music and is usually packed with revellers on Fridays and Saturdays.Owner Tony “Bossman” Hassan, who has run Peoples as a family business for 16 years, said he was “very disappointed” after he was ordered to pay Islington Council £10,000 in costs and lost his licence to run the 150-capacity nightclub.Mr Hassan had taken the council to court over its decision to revoke the club’s licence in July last year. The council carried out a review after Mr Hassan headbutted a man outside the club during an altercation in May 2014 and was convicted of common assault. The police application for the review stated that a number of violent crimes had taken place in and around the club in the 12 months leading up to it. District judge Gillian Allison had been told by residents from surrounding streets how they had been forced to use “sleeping pills and earplugs” due to noise at weekends, and of finding used condoms and faeces in their front gardens – all problems they claimed were linked to the Peoples Social Club.On Monday, she ruled in favour of the council. In her judgment, she described Mr Hassan as “cavalier in his approach to management”. Referring to the headbutting incident, she said he had shown “the worst possible example of leadership”. She said that following the review he had “given no thought to changing the style of the operation” and was “unwilling to acknowledge that the club could be responsible for many of the problems complained of”.While she acknowledged that Mr Hassan had tried to address the issues of nuisance, she said the problems for neighbours remained.Commenting on the judgment, Paul Convery, Islington Council’s community safety chief, said: “There has been a long-running saga of regular enforcement action following breaches that have resulted in several years of severe nuisance to hard-pressed residents in adjoining streets.”He added: “Islington Council is quite clear about our licensing policy: we expect clubs and pubs to meet the conditions of their licence and to co-operate with the council if there are problems.”The club had argued during the appeal that it could not be held solely responsible for noise caused by bars, restaurants and the much bigger nightclub The Garage, also in Holloway Road.Mr Hassan said: “We are disappointed by the judge’s decision and we are reviewing our options.”