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BBC News
20-05-2025
- BBC News
Bid to reopen Birmingham club after Cody Fisher's murder rejected
A bid to reopen the nightclub where footballer Cody Fisher was murdered has been 23-year-old was fatally stabbed on the dancefloor at the Crane club in Digbeth, Birmingham, on Boxing Day his death, the venue's licence was revoked but businessman Matthew Boulter, of Kanvas Birmingham Ltd, recently applied for a new application was rejected by Birmingham City Council due to concerns from West Midlands Police over a link between the new and former operator. Mr Boulter told a licensing meeting earlier this month that the venue would be "so good for Digbeth" and he wanted to run it "as humanely and safely as possible"."There's a lot of history with the premises which is going to be bad for a lot of people – I understand that. I really feel for the victims," he application was opposed by Mr Fisher's family and a representative told the meeting: "One life lost is one too many and no family should ever have to go through what our client and her family have been through."Mr Fisher, a former Birmingham City FC academy footballer who had also played for Bromsgrove Sporting and Stratford Town, was pronounced dead at the club after suffering stab wounds wounds to the chest and leg. West Midlands Police said the new application from Kanvas was "linked to the previous owners" and was not a detached operator looking to reopen the venue.A representative for the police said officers had met with Mr Boulter but were not satisfied that there was "no connection between the old and the new".The applicant's solicitor claimed it was a "brand new" company and the new team in place would be "well thought-out, resourced and independent of the previous ownership".The council refused the application with a spokesperson saying it was due to the concerns raised by the police about the "connection between…the previous operator and the instant applicant".Digital Arts Media Ltd has appealed against the previous decision to revoke the licence but it was "still months away from being resolved", according to police. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- BBC News
Mother of stabbed footballer, Cody Fisher, fights venue licence
The mother of footballer Cody Fisher, who was stabbed to death on a nightclub dance floor, has criticised a bid for a new licence at the Fisher felt as though her own life ended after her 23-year-old son's life was taken "incredibly cruelly" at the Crane nightclub in Birmingham on Boxing Day 2022, her lawyer told a licensing sub-committee on Midlands Police have also objected to the licensing application for the premises in Adderley Street, Digbeth, now named Kanvas.A lawyer for applicant Matthew Boulter told the meeting there would be a team in place that's "well thought-out, resourced and independent of the previous ownership". Callum Trevers, representing Ms Fisher, said her son's life "was taken incredibly cruelly when he was only 23 years of age".He said. "Since that day, our client feels her own life has ended, as though she was stabbed through her heart on that fateful night."Her youngest son and her best friend has never come home." Mr Fisher, former Birmingham City FC academy, Bromsgrove Sporting and Stratford Town footballer, was stabbed in the chest and Gordon, 23, and Kami Carpenter, 22, were convicted and jailed for murder last year. Two women are still facing trial for assisting an Mr Fisher died, the club's licence was suspended and later revoked. West Midlands Police made a series of objections and Gary Grant, barrister for the force, said: "There are few licensing applications as sensitive as the one before you today."Police previously said they believed the new application was linked to the previous owners and "not a completely new" force also said an appeal by Digital Arts Media Ltd against the previous decision to revoke the licence was still not resolved. The application, submitted in the name of Kanvas Birmingham Ltd, lists Matthew Boulter as its sole Whur, for the applicant, said: "If you granted this licence, there wouldn't be a more robust conditioned licence in Birmingham."He said: "We now have a very different company – none of the previous people involved in the management of the premises will be involved."Mr Boulter, speaking at the meeting, said: "There's a lot of history with the premises, which is going to be bad for a lot of people – I understand that. I really feel for the victims."He said he aimed to run it "as safely as possible". This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
