Nineteen-year-old had been homeless and drinking heavily at the time of the incident.
A TEENAGER who suffered cracked ribs during a confrontation with a Haverfordwest doorman has appeared in court charged with being drunk and disorderly and assault.
Charlie Lynch, 19, was seen intoxicated in Castle Street on the night of May 15.
“The bouncer heard him slurring his words and saw him begin punching a sign on Castle Square,” Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan told Haverfordwest magistrates.
“The bouncer told him not to be an idiot and not to mess with him as he’d turn into an animal, but when the defendant failed to leave, the bouncer put him to the floor.”
Ms Vaughan said the doorman had been “quite heavy-handed” with Lynch.
“But Lynch wouldn’t take no for an answer,” she concluded.
Lynch, now living at Silverdale Lodge, Johnston, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place and assaulting Paul Anson by beating.
His solicitor, Mike Kelleher, said Lynch had been drinking heavily and had no recollection of what happened.
“This is a young man who’d been drinking and has no recollection of what took place that day,” he said.
“He was homeless at the time, living rough, and he became depressed and began drinking to excess.”
Mr Kelleher said Lynch was given accommodation at Silverdale Lodge shortly after the incident.
“This is his first conviction as an adult, and it has shown him the perils of drinking to excess,” he said. “He hasn’t had a drink since this incident.”
The solicitor told the court that Lynch had suffered a number of cracked ribs during the confrontation.
“It might be said that the doorman’s reaction went above and beyond what it should have done,” Mr Kelleher added.
Magistrates handed Lynch a six-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £85 in court costs and a £26 victim surcharge.
No compensation was awarded to the doorman.
Source – Pembrokeshire Herald
