Security guards at Brixton O2 Academy ‘took bribes from people with no tickets’

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some security guards working at the venue where a deadly crowd crush took place accepted bribes from concertgoers without tickets, it has been alleged. Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally injured when fans without tickets tried to enter an Asake concert at the O2 Academy in Brixton last month. And people wanted to come in anyway, without a ticket.” open image in gallery Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and Gaby Hutchinson, 23, were fatally injured in a crowd crush at the venue in December The guard claimed someone wanting to enter the venue without a ticket would speak to security staff by the barrier controlling the queue of people waiting to get in. open image in gallery Lambeth Council suspended the venue’s licence shortly after the tragic crush It comes after the O2 Academy Brixton had its licence suspended for three months over the crowd crush.