Wetherspoons launched an investigation after footage emerged of a doorman in an altercation with a man outside one of their pubs.
In the 35-second video clip, filmed from a passing car, a man was being propped up by two women outside the city centre Richard John Blackler Wetherspoons on Great Charlotte Street, in the former Blacklers department store.
In the footage a member of door staff is seen inches away from the face of the man, who was swaying about in the taxi rank holding a glass bottle that he eventually dropped.
A member of the public caught the incident on camera. They said the incident was witnessed by a number of people in the busy city centre on Saturday night, March 9.
JD Wetherspoon today told the ECHO they had asked for the member of door staff not to work at the venue again, “pending an internal investigation.” They said the incident followed a customer leaving the pub with a glass bottle after being told not to by the venue’s door supervisor.
The man, in a yellow coat, pulls out his phone as the doorman backs away into the pub. The footage from the car catches the moment the doorman turns around, back towards the man, and appears to knock his phone to the ground before appearing to shove one of the women.
The man collects his phone and gestures at the device while the doorman goes back inside the pub. One of the women is seen appearing to hold the man back.
The ECHO contacted the pub company, and today JD Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We are aware of the incident outside the Richard John Blackler on Saturday, March 9, which arose when a customer left the pub carrying a glass bottle, after having been advised to leave the bottle inside by the door supervisor.
“Pending an internal investigation into the incident, Wetherspoon has informed the company which provides door staff to The Richard John Blackler that the member of the door security team involved will not be employed at the company’s premises.”