THE owner of a Bournemouth lap-dancing club, where performers were caught carrying out explicit sexual acts, has vowed it will never happen again.

See our updates from this morning's meeting at the bottom of the story

Wiggle, in Old Christchurch Road, came “tantalisingly close” to losing its licence, after it emerged dancers were repeatedly breaching “no touch” rules.

But after hearing assurances from contrite owner Jaspal Ojla that he would personally manage the club, Bournemouth’s licensing board renewed the licence for six months.

Mr Ojla, a father-of-four who lives near Fareham, Hampshire, said he trusted former manager Fatlam Beqri to run the club and admitted: “I took my eye off the ball, it won’t happen again.”

Mr Beqri has since been dismissed and Mr Ojla said he would now be in Wiggle every single night it was open, ensuring the club was run properly.

He speculated that Mr Beqri could have had an arrangement with the dancers whereby he received a cut of their private dance fees, though he said he could not prove it.

And he told councillors: “I personally intend to run everything here myself. I’m completely disgusted by what happened so it’s my intention to be here personally.”

The application to renew the club’s licence sparked objections from Dorset Police and the council’s licensing department.

They were concerned at the performers’ behaviour and at drug tests that indicated high levels of cocaine use in the public toilets and in the performers’ changing area.

Licensing officer Sarah Rogers told councillors: “What we saw was so severe it just couldn’t be ignored by us. Given the seriousness of the breaches we can confirm we’re investigating with a view to pursuing a prosecution as well.”

Cllr Andrew Morgan, chairman of the board, said: “I’ve been on the licensing board since 2007 and I have to say I’ve been shocked, surprised and frankly appalled at what I’ve seen.

“There’s been a systematic and sustained breach of conditions at this premises.”

The extra conditions include a requirement for mystery shoppers to visit the premises and the employment of a “compliance manager” who will scrutinise all private dances.