A second nightclub owner has claimed Croydon police have threatened to shut down his venue down if it plays bashment music.

Fred Kyeyune, co-owner of Club 791, said police called a meeting to warn him the Jamaican genre would “bring the wrong kind of people” soon after he opened the Thornton Heath club six years ago.

Police are also said to have told him he cannot hire certain DJs, including Chris Goldfinger – a former BBC Radio 1 reggae and dancehall DJ and Croydon nightclub owner.

Goldfinger, real name Christopher Clarke, owned Croydon nightclub Tabu Lounge and has previously threatened to sue police for loss of earnings and damage to his reputation after they claimed he was unfit to run the venue.

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Mr Kyeyune said: “We have been running the club for six years and in the very first meeting we had with the police two weeks after we opened, that is the day they told us ‘if you play bashment music we will close you down’.

“They said it would bring the wrong kind of people.

“There are a lot of Jamaicans in this area but we have to make money so somehow you have to get these people coming here.

“It’s the music they like, it’s somebody’s culture, it’s what they listen to.

"“I have DJs who sometimes play it but then you have to be very careful.

He added: “We get people saying, ‘Why aren’t you playing bashment?’ And we have to say the police say it is dangerous and they don’t want us to play this music.

“It is just obvious, they don’t like the people it attracts and that is what it is.

“I don’t trust them [the police] anymore.”

The Metropolitan Police requests promoters in Croydon, as well as 20 other London boroughs to submit a risk assessment form – known as a form 696 – two weeks in advance of events.

Failing to submit the form, which asks promoters to stipulate which genres of music will be played at the nights as well as the names of DJs, can lead to event licences being denied.

Mr Kyeyune said police had rejected several applications to hold dancehall nights at his club.

The borough commander of Croydon police has accused Mr Kyeyune of making allegations in retaliation to police attempting to shut his club down following repeated outbreaks of violence.

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Croydon councillors reviewed Club 791's licence on March 10 and allowed it to remain open, less than five months after it was spared closure following a “near-fatal” knife attack.

The club, which has been at the centre of four stabbings in the past 16 months, was forced to temporarily close its doors in February after nine people forced their way past security, prompting calls from police for a permanent shut down.

Chief Superintendent Andy Tarrant said: “Where there has been recent evidence that has shown that a particular event has resulted in problems, which when held in another area resulted in a review of a venue's licence because of the mass disorder that occurred, we have objected to it.

“Our overall objective has to be to keep the people of Croydon safe.

“It should be noted that Club 791 have recently had stricter conditions placed on them by the council, such as turning off their music earlier, having more door staff on duty or making them close at 2am, because they have breached the conditions set out in their licence.

“I don't think it is any coincidence that this club is now choosing to make this allegation.”

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Earlier this week Roy Seda, owner of Dice Bar, said he felt “victimised” and “bullied” by officers who told him his High Street Venue played music deemed “unacceptable” by police.

Mr Seda, who opened the club with his wife Farrah in 2012, said licensing officers had pressured him to stop playing bashment because it “attracts a certain type of person”.

But Chief Supt Tarrant claimed Mr Seda volunteered to stop playing bashment music, adding: “The onus has always been on Roy to come up with ideas about how he might reduce the incidents of antisocial behaviour, disorder and crime associated with his premises.”