Aspiring pilot, 30, dies 'after being restrained by bouncers' in street outside Vauxhall club

 
Left unconscious: Adam Hird, 30, had tried to get in to Club No. 65 in Vauxhall
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A man died after allegedly being restrained for 10 minutes during a struggle with bouncers at a London nightclub.

Travel agent and amateur pilot Adam Hird, 30, was left unconscious after the apparent confrontation outside Club No. 65 in Albert Embankment, Vauxhall.

Scotland Yard said officers were called to reports of a man being restrained by security staff at about 3.20am on Sunday. Police and paramedics fought to save him and he was rushed to hospital, but died two days later.

Club: Adam Hird, 30, was left unconscious

Homicide detectives have launched an investigation. Police appealed for people who are thought to have filmed the row on mobile phones to come forward. Four men, three in their twenties and one aged 50, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault.

Lambeth Council suspended Club No. 65’s licence on Wednesday after an emergency request from Scotland Yard.

Mr Hird’s father Frank, 67, said: “Adam tried to get into the club but hadn’t got enough money so went to a cash machine and came back. He didn’t get in and was restrained on the ground. His heart stopped and they didn’t get it working until 50 minutes later.

“They switched life-support off in the hospital, but I believe he died on the street outside that club.”

Adam, of Epping, was a flying enthusiast who organised holidays and had ambitions to become a commercial pilot. He was planning to wed his Ukranian fiancée Tanya Surkina.

Lambeth suspended No. 65’s licence, temporarily shutting it, after an application in which Superintendent David Jackson, of Lambeth police, said he believed the venue was associated with “serious crime or serious disorder”.

The request, seen by The Standard, cites “an incident in which a male was involved in an altercation with three door staff resulting in the male being restrained for approximately 10 minutes. The male stopped breathing. No first aid was given by the doorstaff.”

Adam’s brother Mitchel, 32, a marine biologist in the Caribbean, has flown to London to be with his father and mother Sandy, 66.

He said: “Adam was gentle, caring and fun. He was a couple of flying hours away from being able to do aerobatics. He and Tanya were making plans for marriage. The day before this happened was their eight-year anniversary. She is heartbroken.

“Adam didn’t go to clubs really. He was fit and healthy, went out fine, and the next time we saw him he was in a condition that led to his death.”

Club No. 65, a 600-capacity venue in a converted railway arch, holds regular all-night parties with DJs on two dancefloors. The owners did not respond to the Standard’s request for a comment.

Anyone with information can contact police on 020 8721 4054.

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