WorkingTheDoors A man who ran unlicensed security firms has been ordered by a court to pay more than £44,000 or face eight months in prison, according to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Trevor Frater, 64, was providing unlicensed staff through two businesses, Elite Security and Elite Door Staff, to companies in Lincolnshire, the SIA said. He … Read more
Tributes have been pouring in for well-known Inverness bouncer and ‘true gentleman’ David Mullen. David died unexpectedly on Sunday June 15 on his 49th birthday and Father’s Day. David was a well-known face in the city centre, where he worked as a doorman for more than 20 years. He was often spotted at the doors … Read more
WEEKS after being placed on a court Community Order, a Pembrokeshire lorry driver has found himself back in court after assaulting two Wetherspoons doormen who asked him to leave the premises. CCTV footage shown to Haverfordwest magistrates this week showed Simon Roblin, 50, lashing out at the doormen in the early hours of May 26. … Read more
A security guard was allegedly threatened and attacked by two men who were reportedly trying to steal alcohol. The victim, who was working at Sainsbury’s in Staplehurst, was left with serious injuries after he was hit in the face with a beer can. Police officers were called to a disturbance at the superstore in Market … Read more
Two teenagers were arrested in an incident in Shirley which saw a security guard at a popular value supermarket get sprayed with foam. Hampshire police were called to Poundland last Saturday at around 5pm as the pair had entered the shop and refused to leave when asked. A girl, aged 14, then sprayed the security … Read more
Anthony Harbridge hit and spat at police officers and staff after a night out A Wirral man was jailed after assaulting and spitting at police officers and staff following an evening out in Cambridge. In the early hours of November 21, 2023, police responded to a disturbance in the city centre where Anthony Harbridge was … Read more
A Fife teenager has been fined £1,200 after admitting assaulting two people at a club in Shetland. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard how Jay Fotheringham, from Lochore, repeatedly tried to regain entry to Trench on the town’s Commercial Road after being told to leave. The 18-year-old appeared at court on Thursday to admit assaulting two people … Read more
A drunk convicted drug dealer attacked a security guard outside Rock City in Nottingham city centre. Nottingham Crown Court heard how James Handley was just three months into a two-year suspended sentence when he punched his victim after being refused entry to the Talbot Street venue. Then, when the police arrived and tried to arrest … Read more
Messages of love and sympathy have flooded in for a “boss bouncer” who was “one of the nicest and kindest people on the planet”. Donovan Travis Dineen-Whitham, 38, was riding his motorbike when he was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen ID3 at around 7pm on Wednesday, May 28. The fatal incident occurred at … Read more
A security guard at London’s Heaven nightclub has been found not guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in his car during a shift at the venue. Morenikeji Adewole, 47, of Dartford, Kent, had been charged with raping the woman near the club in the back seat of his car while she was drunk in the … Read more