The owners of a Gillespie Street motel, declared a nuisance by a Superior Court judge two years ago, have been ordered to begin demolition on the property within 90 days.

In a ruling handed down Aug. 19 by Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons, Raj Laxmi Hospitality LLC — owners of the Coliseum Inn at 2507 Gillespie St. — must demolish the motel, which for more than a decade has been the scene of homicides, shootings, stabbings, violent assaults, illegal drug use, fights, gambling, prostitution and human trafficking.

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