WorkingTheDoors 
Touching tributes have been paid to a much-loved Bracknell doorman and father who passed away suddenly at the beginning of 2024. Steve Whittaker – also known as Rhino – is known for his work at several of Bracknell and Ascot’s old hotspots including Frisco Jacks and Club One. After suddenly passing away on January 18, … Read more
A WOMAN has been spared detention after being racially abusive to a doorman. Angel Barnes also appeared before the courts for assaulting two people, with all offences occurring in Warrington. The 22-year-old was charged with racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words and two counts of assault by beating. She pleaded guilty to the … Read more
A University of Glasgow student who attacked bouncers at Glasgow University Union (GUU)’s Hive nightclub has been ordered to pay them £400 in compensation. Third year engineering student Archibald Watters pled guilty to assaulting door staff outside Hive on 4 February 2022 after they refused him entry. The 19-year-old student, originally from Edinburgh, was told … Read more
A man is due to appear in court charged with committing fraud by claiming to be a licensed doorman at a Lancaster sports bar and a Lancaster nightclub. Stephen Paul Hesford, 36, of Clifton Drive, Lytham St Annes, is charged that between June 21, 2023 and July 12, 2023 that he operated as a doorman … Read more
A thug who launched an unprovoked and violent attack on a man after being ejected from a nightclub has been jailed. The victim suffered serious facial injuries when he was punched in the face and struck with a motorbike helmet by Jack Langford. His injuries included an orbital fracture, broken cheek bone, fractured nose and … Read more
A drunken yob has been fined for kicking off outside a city centre pub on the day of the Wear-Tyne Derby. Callum Wood was caught on camera repeatedly approaching a doorman at the Duke of Northumberland, in Newcastle, while gesturing at him and then pushing him. CCTV footage played in court showed how the 20-year-old … Read more
Giving evidence, Cameron Brown, doorman at Eclipse nightclub, said the night was not ‘overly’ busy and there was no trouble prior to the events A nightclub doorman working at the time of Michael Riddiough-Allen’s death said he used his polo shirt to try and stop the bleeding of one of the other stab victims after … Read more
The doorman, named locally as Stuart Baker, was on duty outside premises on King Street at 4.36am today (Monday) when he was assaulted. Caught on CCTV, the attack sees a dark haired man dressed in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and trainers suddenly run into view and smash a bottle over the victim’s head before … Read more
A security guard was hit in the face with a champagne glass by a Woodbury woman at her firm’s Christmas party. Amy Brumwell attacked the doorman at the venue in Exeter because he has ejected one of her party who broken its rules by vaping. The 43-year-old car sales executive was filmed on CCTV as … Read more
CCTV footage shows the moment a doorman grabbed a firearm after a thug pulled out a knife sparking a brawl outside a sports bar. The video footage previously obtained by the ECHO showed a mass brawl outside Parnell’s Sports Bar on South Road, Waterloo at around 11pm on April 13 2022. In the footage a … Read more