The head of Scotland�s largest licensing authority has declared war on lap dancing clubs despite allowing a venue, where a dancer stripped naked and was touched by a customer, to remain open.

The head of Scotland's largest licensing authority has declared war on lap dancing clubs despite allowing a venue, where a dancer stripped naked and was touched by a customer, to remain open.

Stephen Dornan, chairman of Glasgow Licensing Board, said he was issuing "a last chance" to adult entertainment venues after granting a licence to the club Forbidden and delaying a decision on another until August.

But industry sources have accused Councillor Dornan of "running a show trial" and attempting to use the board to "impose a moral code" in line with that supported by Glasgow City Council.

Two Glasgow lap dancing venues, global "gentleman's club" Spearmint Rhino and rival Seventh Heaven, have already fallen foul of the board, with the chairman insisting the authority would continue to refuse applications where they had evidence to justify refusal.

Two clubs, Spearmint Rhino and Seventh Heaven - both trading under appeal - were refused admission to Scotland's new licensing system following evidence from the recently created licensing standards officers (LSOs).

Observers had expected that after yesterday's board meeting all lap dancing venues in Glasgow would have had their licences revoked.

At the meeting, the board heard further LSO evidence in relation to Forbidden, formerly Legs'N'Co, including one incident in March when inspectors "witnessed a dancer removing her lower garments to above knee level" and that "considerable contact was also made between the dancer and patron".

It also heard that the management of the venue was also warned about the content of a flier distributed on the streets by staff and that the venue had been described as a "full strip club" on a US website.

After being told the dancer had been immediately sacked after the matter was brought to the attention of the management, Councillor Dornan said: "This issue of dancers doing what they're not supposed to do keeps reoccuring. I've heard it now on several other occasions and I'm telling the management of these venues right now that simply telling dancers what they can't do isn't acceptable.

"It doesn't happen here (full nudity). This isn't London and Glasgow isn't turning into Soho.

"We have conditions and if you're not complying with them then go to London, Edinburgh or Birmingham. It's not acceptable to say that the dancers have come from other areas where this is permitted and don't know our rules.

"This behaviour won't be tolerated in Glasgow and members here support that."

Diamond Dolls will find out in August whether its conversion' to the new regime will go ahead after the board raised last minute objections about changes to the lay-out which it said now included a "private dance area".

The club's legal representative Archie Maciver argued the area had never been a bone of contention before and said it had been raised at this last minute, the upshot being the venue will reapply with some changes in the coming weeks.

But afterwards one leading industry source said the board were making little effort to conceal their efforts to rid Glasgow of adult entertainment venues.

He said: "From what we can gather there were last minute issues raised over iamond Dolls floorplans when they had months to raise it and they would have gone for Forbidden if they had more evidence.

"It's all just about running a show trial. Councillor Dornan has made clear his distaste for these venues but its not about his taste or the morals of the council. It's about the law."