A lap-dancing club has been fined £14,000 after admitting breaching its licence by allowing indecent acts between performers.

One dancer who performed at Wildcats on Clifton Street told a police officer that there were "no limits" to what went on.

Blackpool Magistrates Court was told that when police visited the club they saw extensive physical touching between two female dancers, one of whom they later talked to.

Vicki Cartmell, prosecuting on behalf of Blackpool Council, said the dancer told an officer: "No, there are no limits about what we can do – we can do what we want."

At a previous hearing, the club's former premises supervisor Richard Newman was fined 10,000 by the same court for breaching the terms of Wildcats' licence. He has since been sacked.

Yesterday, the club's owner Provocative Leisure of King Street, Leeds, admitted the same offence. It was fined 14,000 and ordered to pay 415 costs.

Miss Cartmell said that Wildcats was visited by council staff over problems with local authority guidelines on nudity and touching at lap-dance clubs.

Dancers had also been seen in Blackpool town centre advertising the venue with a sign containing lewd language. A further visit revealed problems with the CCTV in the club's private dance booths and physical touching.

In mitigation, solicitor Tracy Langfield said that Provocative Leisure had made the mistake of trusting their manager Mr Newman who had not told the firm about problems and visits from the police and council.

She said: "The company was misled by its manager and as a result has found itself in double jeopardy with action taken by the council's licensing committee and now criminally.

"The club faces the suspension of its licence for four weeks and that could lose 40,000 in revenue and affect the jobs of 40 dancers and 13 door and bar staff.

"This club has a new manager and the police and council say there are no problems now."

A council licensing panel suspended the venue's licence for four weeks last month but it has appealed meaning it can remain open until the appeal is decided.

After the hearing Blackpool Council leader Coun Peter Callow said: "I am delighted we are being supported by the courts."

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