A DAMNING report by police has shed light on bar room brawls taking place at a Pitsea pub.

The Bull Inn, in London Road, could be closed when councillors consider what action to take at a licensing review meeting tomorrow.

The report has revealed a whole host of injuries suffered at the pub since June last year, include bite marks, head wounds, a stab wound, a broken nose, wrist and jaw and a broken wrist, arm and hand.

The pub is also facing allegations of underage drinking, drunks being served by landlady Sharon Cosentino and that a doorman was drinking on duty.

It has also emerged that, in April, a group of Conservative politicians, including the then prospective South Basildon MP Stephen Metcalfe, council leader Tony Ball and at least three other councillors, had been in the pub before a fight broke out.

Mr Metcalfe, who left before the fight started, said Mr Ball, Andrew Baggott, David Abrahall and Luke Mackenzie explained the fight took place in and outside the pub and several police had to attend.

He said: “I do not expect this anywhere. People go to enjoy themselves at the pub and meet in a social and convivial atmosphere, but occasionally this can be wrecked by the unacceptable behaviour of a small minority.

“The police are right to treat this sort of incident seriously and should adopt a zero-tolerance approach to public disorder and particularly violence.”

The police application request details 26 incidents between January 2009 and July 2 this year. Some have involved large groups of travellers.

Six led to customers receiving injuries so serious they were classed as grievous bodily harm, with another seven recorded as actual bodily harm.

Alarmingly, there have been a number of attacks on women.

On Monday, June 21, this year, two fights broke out.

During one, a table was thrown at an 18-year-old girl and she had to be treated at Basildon Hospital for an arm injury.

The same night parents complained to police that schoolchildren were served alcohol and a bouncer had been seen drinking and concealing beer under his jacket.

The application states: “The police now have a very serious concern over the ability and intention of the premises licence holder to operate within the law. The police therefore have no confidence in the licence holder or management to deal with instances of underage drinking, drunkenness, violence and disorder.”