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A MAN from Rhyl who hit a bar doorman to the head with a pint glass has been jailed. Mark Swann caused Eryl Hughes cuts to his head and face as a result of the incident at the Front Room bar last year. Swann, 54, of Meredith Crescent, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment at … Read more
A security guard in his 60s has been taken to hospital after being stabbed at a Marks and Spencer branch in central London. The attack unfolded in front of horrified shoppers inside the Paddington store at lunchtime on Friday. Police and paramedics attended in less than three minutes and found the M&S employee with knife … Read more
Charges have been brought against young people involved in an incident which saw a security guard taken to hospital in Livingston. Police recorded 168 anti-social behaviour calls in the area during the last three months of 2024. Sgt Lee Brodie, a local community officer, thanked members of the public for their assistance in identifying youths … Read more
Nathan Dawson, 20, had borrowed a steward’s jacket, gone into a toilet and demanded to know if a fellow reveller at Vibe nightclub in Airdrie was taking drugs. A Coatbridge clubber who impersonated a bouncer then stabbed a man who “grassed” him has been locked up for a year. Nathan Dawson had borrowed a steward’s … Read more
A WREXHAM man cannot set foot in any pubs or clubs in Wrexham city centre for nine months after breaking a doorman’s nose. Kian Davies, of Broxton Road, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The 20-year-old admitted that on February 9 this year at ATIK in Brook Street, he assaulted Garry Pugh by beating … Read more
A THUG from Colchester has been spared jail after launching a punch at a nightclub bouncer. Harry Salmon, 27, appeared before Ipswich Crown Court to admit a charge of causing grievous bodily harm after a night out at Trilogy nightclub in Colchester High Street. Salmon was with a group of people on June 30 last … Read more
Tributes have poured in after a Hampshire police officer died suddenly in the New Forest. On Tuesday, February 11, response officer PC Alex Hazlett-Beard died in the New Forest after serving seven years in the force. Hampshire Constabulary has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the death. Tributes have begun flooding … Read more
Three men and a woman are due to be sentenced this week after admitting their parts in a brawl at a city bar which left a doorman fearing for his life. Justin Henry, 36, Gary Henry, 38, Tommie Buckingham, 21, and Mollie Culling, also 21, were all charged with affray after violence erupted at Revolucion … Read more
In the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, February 12, was David Wogan who, ironically, was head of security at the bar and the holder of a Security Industry Association (SIA) door supervisor licence. The 30-year-old, of Woodlark Road, Newbury, denies assaulting Jake Taylor by beating him and using threatening words or behaviour towards … Read more
A MAN who previously represented Wales as a young boxer threatened to stab a member of security staff at the Bangor nightclub he had been ejected from. Harvey Williams then repeatedly spat on the floor of a police vehicle after he had been arrested. Williams, 20, of Queen’s Avenue, was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment, … Read more