A MAN who claimed he was kicked out of a pub for being too good-looking has had his complaint upheld.
Casanova Colin Belle claimed that door staff at the Shenannigans Irish Bar in Darwin resented his success with the venue's female clientele,
He also accused them of targeting him because he was black.
"When I go in a bar I guarantee you I stand there, not moving, and 15 women come up to me," Mr Belle said.
"I'm a friendly person, of course I'm going to talk to them."
Bouncer Gene Hocking was given a formal warning by the NI Licensing Commission for using undue force on Mr Belle when refusing him entry.
Mr Hocking told a commission hearing that Mr Belle had a history of sexual misconduct against female patrons, and that he had previously denied him entry to two different venues.
In the commission's decision, chairman Richard O'Sullivan said Mr Belle had returned to the pub to "debate his eviction."
The commission watched surveillance footage of the incident, and said the force used by Mr Hocking was inappropriate.
"On two occasions Mr Belle was pushed to the ground," Mr O'Sullivan said in the decision.
"The commission does not accept Mr Hocking's submission that Mr Belle's actions at the time constituted a threat to his safety or that physical force was necessary at all to remove Mr Belle."
Mr O'Sullivan said the commission took into consideration Mr Hocking's good record and reputation into account, as well as Mr Belle's "argumentative and at times somewhat annoying nature".
The commission declined to suspend Mr Hocking's license, and instead issued a formal warning for breaching the code of practice for crowd controllers.
