Landlady Tammy Newbury has vowed to fight for her business, despite being ordered by councillors to shut down her Trowbridge bar for a month.

Councillors decided that two late-night brawls, in which drunken men used broken glasses as weapons in front of children, were justification for closing the doors on the Black Pearl, in Church Street, for one month.

The attacks happened on April 13 and 19 and some of the men suffered deep cuts on the face and wrist, as well as a broken nose.

On June 25, Wiltshire Council’s western area licensing committee ruled that the bar must close within 21 days of the decision notice being served.

But Miss Newbury has vowed to appeal, which means her bar can stay open until a magistrate makes a ruling on the closure.

She said: “I’m going to fight this 100 per cent. I am being victimised, even though I am doing everything I possibly can to make this a safe place for people to enjoy.

“Shutting the doors for four weeks would mean that I will lose about £12,000. Who is going to pay my rent, my water, my electricity?

“Even if it does happen, I will be back open. I’m not going to let them ruin my business.

“We have a good crowd in here and my door staff don’t tolerate any bad behaviour. We’ve not had any trouble for ages and it is only those two incidents that they are using against me.”

Miss Newbury, the former landlady of the now closed Carpenters Arms, has three members of security staff on the door, extensive CCTV throughout the premises and operates the Touch2ID and Challenge 21 age identification systems.

The bar has had dozens of restrictions imposed upon it, such as no alcohol is to be served in glass after 9pm and no more than 10 smokers are allowed in the smoking area after 9pm at the same time.

Police licensing manager David Bennett said: “It is not reasonable for the public to have to endure drunken yobbery in and around their town centres and the police, working with partner agencies, will do all in their power to stop it.

“We will continue to target premises that either disregard or show a lack of will in promoting the licensing objectives, particularly in respect of controlling and preve- nting incidents of alcohol fuelled crime and disorder.

“The sanctions imposed on the Black Pearl will, hopefully, allow the licence holder time to reposition her business and, in future, take a more proactive stance in promoting the licensing objectives.”