The owners of a Croydon nightclub are planning to take legal action over the “completely unlawful” closure of their venue by police.

Dice Bar was forced to shut for 24 hours in June last year after officers claimed a customer had been involved in a fight nearby.

Roy and Farrah Seda, who own the venue, lost about £50,000 when they were forced to shut their doors for a Saturday night.

But cops failed to apply to magistrates for a closure order, while questions have also been raised about police claims the customer was seen to be carrying a knife.

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At a licensing committee meeting on Friday, when councillors rejected a police application to tighten the venue’s licensing restrictions, officers claimed the order was not heard in court because Croydon Magistrates’ Court was closed for the weekend.

But Sarah Clover, the barrister representing Dice Bar, said: “I have never heard of a court not letting the police in because they don’t have time to hear it. The closure notice in June was completely unlawful.”

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Mrs Seda, who opened Dice Bar with her husband in 2012, said: “We will be taking legal steps.

“[The police] timed it quite well for them not to go to court and say at the committee hearing to say they didn’t get a court hearing. It is preposterous to hear that because no court will not want to hear anything.

“The main focal point is the incident happened a week before that but they let us continue trading and then served us the notice a week later and closed us down on a Saturday. It didn’t just cost us our income, it was our reputation.”

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But barrister James Rankin, representing the Metropolitan Police, denied officers had acted unlawfully.

He said: “Just because Miss Clover hasn’t heard of something doesn’t make it true. An application was made to the courts and the court wouldn’t hear it.”

Mrs Seda this week also called on police to explain why Dice Bar were pressured to stop DJs playing bashment, a genre of Jamaican music performed by artists including Shaggy and Sean Paul.

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The nightclub owners have previously told how they felt “victimised” and “bullied” by officers who told them the High Street venue played “what this borough finds unacceptable forms of music”.

Mr Seda has alleged there was a “racist undertone” to the actions of Croydon police’s licensing team.

His wife said yesterday: “This is such a big thing with public interest and we all deserve to know. If we are going to build bridges and form a relationship again I need answers.

“I am just so angered by the way they have done this and the way they have just pointed at us.

Cllr Mark Watson, Croydon Council’s cabinet member for communities, safety and justice, called on the police to address concerns.

He said: “Very serious allegations have been made and we expect the police to investigate them as a matter of urgency.”

Police have denied allegations of racism.