WorkingTheDoors A new private emergency response service is being brought to UK convenience retailers, providing a network of security guards that can be called on demand. Launching next month, the app-based platform Aura said it could provide retailers with quicker response rates following the sector’s accusations about poor police attendance amid the retail crime surge. It … Read more
A Darlington man has hit out after being involved in an incident which reportedly saw him “choked” while on the floor outside a nightclub. Josh Jackson thought he was going for a fun night out at The Gate, Darlington when the alleged incident took place at the weekend. Footage, which appears to show the aftermath … Read more
Hospital security staff battered a vulnerable patient leaving him covered in bruises in a ‘shocking display of abuse of power’. The suicidal victim had been rushed to North Manchester General Hospital in an ambulance after taking an overdose. After being seen in a cubicle within the hospital by medical staff, he was left alone with … Read more
A Torquay doorman who had a passion for playing rugby and loved helping others was tragically found passed away at home. Around a week before his death, 25-year-old Ben Spear had been assaulted at the venue where he worked but it did not contribute in any way to his death, an inquest heard. During the … Read more
A TROUBLEMAKER who was abusive to door staff returned to a bar and assaulted a bouncer after being asked to leave. Gareth Skillen, 41, was in Hunters Bar in Cockermouth in the early hours of August 13 when a doorman asked him to leave because he was ‘causing trouble’. Skillen refused and became verbally abusive … Read more
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 … Read more
A drunk who threatened a doorman with a pool cue has been spared jail – and told by a judge he can keep his “highly dangerous” weapon. Rowdy roofer Sean MacLeod lashed out after being refused entry to The Ashford Club in the early hours of October 7 last year. Having first tried to goad … Read more
A doorman left a stag party member with a brain injury after knocking him unconscious during a night out in Liverpool city centre. Off-duty security guard Craig Lamarque was initially said to have acted as a peacemaker before he struck his “completely defenceless” victim – who had been turfed out of a bar on Wood … Read more
A foul-mouthed yob fuelled by 10 pints and four Jagerbomb cocktails fractured a doorman’s cheekbone in a racist attack. Carpenter Ben Crawford had been in a smoking area of The Park Inn hotel in Folkestone when he lashed out at Blerim Gashi. On being refused re-entry into the bar due to his abusive and drunken … Read more
Businesses employing a shared security guard could help reduce shoplifting incidents in Tranent, says one of the town’s ward councillors. At a meeting of Tranent and Elphinstone Community Council, the latest crime figures for the area were discussed. They showed that, between January 16 and February 19, 14 shopliftings were recorded in the area. Councillor … Read more