A man who glassed a doorman outside a bar will have to pay his victim £4,000. Harry Lock left the victim “scarred for life” after the altercation in Worcester on February 25, 2022. Appearing for sentencing at Worcester Crown Court on Tuesday (October 27), the 23-year-old, of Ilkley Close, Warndon Villages, was handed a suspended … Read more
Wetherspoons has firmly denied that there is any prohibition on poppy-wearers entering its pubs, following the emergence of footage apparently showing an Army veteran being turned away because the Remembrance symbol was considered ‘political’. The pub chain confirmed it had introduced temporary security measures in Gosport amid protests in the town, after a video circulated … Read more
A shoplifter who barged past an Ipswich supermarket security guard who tried to stop him leaving with a bag of stolen goods and knocked him over has been jailed for 18 months. Luke Faulkner entered the Tesco’s store in Norwich Road on June 5 and was seen putting items into a black bag, Ipswich Crown … Read more
A doorman injured while breaking up a fight has blasted the justice system after his attacker got off with ‘a slap on the wrist’ while his life has been left in tatters. Jonathon Proctor, 33, was thrown to the floor by Craig Rimmer while escorting him out of the Old Cigar and Olive in Folkestone, … Read more
Liverpool in the 1990s was the city that never slept – home to one of the most influential and dynamic nightlife scenes in the country. Legendary clubs like Cream, The 051, Club Continental, Paradox and The Grafton opened to buzzing crowds eager to drink and dance the night away. But behind the bright lights and … Read more
A doorman has described the moment he saved a choking man’s life after a piece of kebab became lodged in his throat outside a bar. Carl Bishop, 54, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, was working as a door supervisor at Le Reve in Lichfield when he heard people shouting that a man could not breathe, shortly after … Read more
A man claimed he suffered a “horrifying” ordeal after an alleged incident involving door staff outside a Manchester nightclub. Gareth Evans spoke at a council licensing meeting which was open to the public on Monday (October 5), saying the alleged attack happened in December 2023 outside the New Union Hotel on Princess Street in Manchester’s … Read more
A security guard who held off a knife-wielding terrorist at a Manchester synagogue has been given an award for his bravery. Andrew Franks had been a volunteer security guard at his family synagogue for about a year when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove into the gates of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on 2 October … Read more
A “discreet” swingers club has fended off a police attempt to force it to have bouncers on its door after arguing door staff lacked the “specific skill set” needed to deal with its customers. Lancashire Police had demanded that, in return for being granted an alcohol licence, Club Play in Blackpool should have to have … Read more
A father and son are on trial accused of manslaughter after a man died when he was punched during a work Christmas night out in Southampton. Totton father and son, Darren Carter, 63, of Rothbury Close, and Luke Carter, 38, of Lackford Avenue, were on a night out in Oxford Street on December 22, 2023 … Read more