Man Avoids Jail After Assaulting Colchester Hospital Security, Leaving Him in a “Pool of Blood”

A MAN who knocked out a security guard at Colchester Hospital and left him in a “pool of blood” has been spared jail. Timothy Howarth, 35, was supported at Colchester Magistrates’ Court by his mother and grandmother, who attended his sentencing on April 23. The court heard that the defendant, who was visibly tense and … Read more

Birmingham door staff wrongly accused by police of attack on man thrown out of club

West Midlands Police initially accused staff at the Glamorous club in Hurst Street of attacking a man who had been ejected from the premises – but at a Birmingham City Council licensing hearing admitted that was not the case Police have been strongly criticised at a licensing hearing after wrongly accusing a Birmingham nightclub’s door … Read more

Belfast Doormen save teenagers from a group of 30

A 16-year-old boy was battered with a road sign in a city centre attack being linked to anti-social-behaviour in the north of the city. And the teenager’s girlfriend suffered a “busted nose” as she “wrapped herself around” her boyfriend in an effort to protect him from the suspected sectarian attack that saw as many as … Read more

‘He was our friend, our partner in crime, and our rock’: Pub’s touching tribute to Calderdale doorman who was ‘beautiful inside and out’

A Calderdale pub has paid tribute to a much-loved doorman who has died. Paul Randall was part of the team at The Blind Pig in Sowerby Bridge, where colleagues have described him as a “beautiful person, inside and out”. He started work at the pub around seven years ago, proving “an instant hit” with everyone. … Read more