The owner of a strip club where a dancer lay dead for more than 30 hours has been hit with a fine following a disciplinary ruling.
Stacey Tierney was found dead inside Dreams Gentlemen's Club in Melbourne. The 29-year-old backpacker died from a cocktail of drugs in a private manager's lounge.
Following her death, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission took disciplinary action again the club for multiple liquor licence breaches. The club's owner Salvatore Aparo, who runs it with his fiancé, told the hearing how he accepted a 'lot of responsibility' for the tragedy. The commission added conditions to the late night licence, requiring Mr Aparo to install a 24-hour alarm system to notify him if the alarm was not set within two hours of the venue closing to ensure that no one stayed at the club beyond operating hours. Mr Aparo will also have to engage an independent risk management consultant to monitor systems, practices and procedures quarterly.
"The commission expects venue staff to go back home safely after their shift", she said. "However, in what is a tragic set of circumstances this didn’t eventuate for Ms Tierney and we offer our condolences to her family."
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