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Page last updated at 15:45 GMT, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:45 UK

Nightclub turns 'fat' women away
By Briar Burley
Newsbeat reporter




A nightclub owner in Jersey has said sorry after women were turned away from his venue for being "too fat".

Around 25 women were told they couldn't go into The Havana Club in St Helier on Saturday night.

Doormen told clubbers it was because the management didn't want any "big women".

Martin Sayers, who runs the venue, told Newsbeat: "I'm just deeply sorry that people have been offended and it was a poor decision made.

"I deeply regret the night - I wish it never happened. I don't like upsetting people. I just offer my apologies unreservedly."

But he refused to discuss what his actual door policy had been, and on what grounds the club had refused entry to these women.

Refused entry

Laurie Donaldson is a size 20 and turned up to the club with friends around 11.30pm.

She said she was wearing jeans and a smart top, but was told she couldn't come in.


Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of France
She said: "I went to go through the door, everybody else went through and the doorman stopped me.

"He said sorry you can't come through - you're too fat.

"I was shocked at first I said, 'Are you joking?' And he said, 'No. Management doesn't want any big women in his venue.'"

Helen Hunter was also at the club on Saturday.

She told Newsbeat: "As I approached the crowd a lady came running up to me and shouted, 'You better be a size eight to 10 otherwise you're not getting in."

Two of her friends were refused entry.

Police say they sent extra patrols to the area because an upset crowd had gathered outside the club. No-one was arrested.

DUMBIDEAMAYBE

[heyrube]

they have the right. night clubs suck unless they have uber excellent djs ala daft punk. no use bitching about it.

[aarontendo]

That's awesome. I applaud the club for this. Sucks that the manager tried to go back and apologize though.

[Bigfeet]

Turn this into a positive. Put a scale at the front door and charge entry fee according to weight.

[mises]

Even the low selective clubs routinely do not let in uggos, really poor people and scrubs. They try to create an atmosphere where men spend oodles of money on pretty girls. I see nothing wrong with this. But the guy should not have directly mentioned weight. The standard "we're full" would have sufficed.

[Justin Hale]

I've been to Jersey several times on holiday - wonderful, just wonderful place - and it's a supersupersuper-rich tax haven, so maybe the fat chicks are a minority of the population and as such the club won't lose a great deal of potential punters. Elsewhere in the UK, however, a "no fat women" policy would be economic suicide.

[mindmetoo]

Any private business should have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. Which is not to say the business was being ethical.

[Tiger Beer]

I think the problem here is they used the word 'fat', I thought generally they just deny you without saying the reason.

[aarontendo]

[Captain Corea]

[PigeonFart]

I've been to the Channel Islands before, nice place.

Barring fat girls from nightclubs is not only unethical, it's doing some of their male customers a great dis-service.

Some men like women to be on the large side. I for one, prefer skinny girls with ugly faces, yes that'll do me nicely.

[Justin Hale]

[freshking]

[ddeubel]

[Gopher]

A century where private property still exists and where govts protect it? That would be 2008 CE, of course.

In which century are you living, Ddeubel?