CCTV footage of violence outside a South Woodford nightclub was shown in public for the first time as a licensing hearing got underway yesterday.

Clips, including one showing an apparent hit and run during a mass brawl, were shown as a hearing on the future of Funky Mojoe in High Road, South Woodford began.

Other footage taken by council CCTV cameras, included a fight between a large group of women, and violence involving clubbers and doormen.

Footage of a car driving down the wrong side of the road into a crowd of brawling clubbers on January 27 this year provoked audible gasps of horror from some of those gathered for the hearing at the town hall.

A police investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

The sub-committee also heard from Lynda Edwards who lives in Manor Court Lodge, a block of retirement flats next door to Funky Mojoe.

She said: “The last four and a half years (since Funky Mojoe opened) we have been plagued by noise, abuse and fights every weekend.”

Speaking after the committee watched footage of the apparent hit and run, Ms Edwards said: “I was on the phone to the police when I saw that happen.

“It frightened the life out of me.

“There were already men taking their belts off and using them as weapons on our doorstep, and then that, it was terrifying.”

She said that residents of Manor Court Lodge, including one man of 100, had received abuse from drunken revellers when they looked out their windows during the late night disturbances.

And she added: “It has made my life and the lives of the rest of the residents of Manor Court Lodge a misery.”

Asked by licensing sub-committee member, Cllr Paul Canal, if there had been any weekends where she had not been disturbed by incidents associated with Funky Mojoe, Ms Edwards replied: “Only when I have been away on holiday.”

Earlier a request to adjourn the hearing by Funky Mojoe lawyer David Dadds had been turned down.

Mr Dadds walked out of the hearing which will now continue without a representative from Funky Mojoe.