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A MAN has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed outside a popular bar. Essex Police responded to reports a man had been assaulted outside The Vine, in Leigh Road, Leigh, in the early hours of this morning. The victim, a man in his 20s, sustained stab wounds after being attacked around 30 metres away … Read more
A man was ordered to leave a bar but came back with a knife. It took three door staff to wrestle Florin Ursu to the ground who then spat in one doorman’s mouth. Police were called and the 29-year-old was arrested, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. A judge said carrying knives causes people great concern and … Read more
A bloke dubbed ‘Britain’s hardest man’ once battered a doorman for attempting to make a cheeky joke. Bare-knuckle boxer Lenny McLean claimed to have fought in a whopping 3,000 fights and was thought to be the ‘unofficial heavyweight champion of Great Britain’. Alongside his unlicensed boxing career, McLean was known to have dealings with the … Read more
The doorman, who has asked not to be named, was working outside the JLR Bar in Royton on Monday, May 1, when he spotted two men walking past covered in blood. One of the men was holding a large machete behind his back. He began to film the incident and he asked them: “You think … Read more
A pub doorman who planted a fake bomb in the pub toilets in which he worked and then alerted the police in a bid to be “seen as a hero” has been jailed for 12 months Stephen Edward Oliphant, 25, raised the alarm in November 2021 after claiming he found a suspicious device in a … Read more
Zain Salim, 21, has escaped a prison sentence for causing the wound, which needed six staples inserted, at the fast food chain’s outlet in Blake Street, York, on April 2 last year. The 15-year-old teenager’s mother said the incident had disrupted her son’s life and she is now planning to take further action against the … Read more
On Tuesday 4 May two men from Cardigan pleaded guilty to working illegally as door supervisors at a Cardigan wine bar between September and November last year. Tristan Edwards was fined £400, ordered to pay £250 prosecution costs and a £160 victim surcharge. He now has criminal record. Daniel Cope was sentenced to a £120 … Read more
A security guard pretended to be a police officer by flashing blue lights to pull over a lone woman on a country lane before handcuffs and a baseball bat were discovered in the car upon his arrest, a court heard. Chris Green, 31, sounded his horn and turned the fake ‘blues’ on before overtaking the … Read more
A man who was allegedly “body-slammed” outside a McDonald’s restaurant has cleared the first stage in a High Court battle to have the bouncer involved face criminal charges. Gary Devlin was granted leave to seek a judicial review of the decision not to prosecute anyone over the incident in Belfast city centre. Mr Devlin was … Read more
A NEWTOWN man must complete a two-year court order and has to register as a sex offender after he exposed himself to a doorman and police officers. Jorge Riviero-Santos committed the offence in the town centre on November 4 last year and was sentenced this week following an in-depth psychiatric report. The 33-year-old had previously … Read more