Coyote Ugly to pay £70,000 after bar dancers fracture spine and fall on glass

A nightclub has been ordered to pay £70,000 after two barmaids fell off while dancing on a bar.

Brittany Askew, 23, and Karina Sparks, 25, were seriously injured when they slipped on the wet surface during their shifts at Coyote Ugly.

The bar chain, launched after the 2000 Coyote Ugly movie, was charged with health and safety offences following the incidents.

A court heard the two women were employed as "Coyotes" whose jobs were to serve drinks and dance on the bar in skimpy outfits and cowboy boots.

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Miss Askew fractured her spine and Miss Sparks needed treatment to cuts across her body after landing on a wine glass.

The Coyote Ugly Saloon in Cardiff was investigated over its health and safety record after the accidents which happened in 2017 were discovered.

Cardiff Magistrates Court heard a health and safety officer carried out a surprise inspection and found the risk assessment over the dancers was not "suitable and sufficient".

The company admitted three health and safety offences and was fined £66,000 and ordered to pay a further £3,315.

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