A DOORMAN from Colwyn Bay who has been jailed for strangling and assaulting his then-partner had his security licence suspended after a previous attack on her. Steven Thirling, 26, was jailed for 17 months at Caernarfon Crown Court on Thursday (February 6), having admitted two attacks on Imogen Bargate on July 26 and 27, 2024. … Read more
A County Durham man has been jailed for launching violent, unprovoked attacks on a woman and a bouncer, leaving them unconscious. Jason William Halliday attacked a woman and punched her to the floor in 2022, before going on to viciously attack a nightclub bouncer in 2024. Police say the attacks left the victims with “serious … Read more
A Swindon man has been sentenced after assaulting a doorman outside a nightclub. Antony Kazik, 43, pleaded guilty to assaulting the staff member by beating him when he appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court on Tuesday, February 4. The court heard how Kazik had headbutted and bitten him while he was working as a doorman at … Read more
A violent thug who left a woman unconscious in the middle of the road and kicked a bouncer in the head when he was kicked out of a nightclub has been jailed. Jason Wllliam Halliday lost his temper and punched the woman to the floor as she walked home along Front Street in Chester-le-Street in August … Read more
A woman who glassed a bouncer in a Dundalk pub after drinking all day during her sister’s going away party has appeared before the circuit court for sentencing. Aideen Matthews (31), Haywood Way, Kilkeel, Co Down, pleaded guilty to assaulting a male causing him harm at Russell’s, Park Street, Dundalk, on Halloween night 2022. A … Read more
Dreaming of a career change? Doorman Stu Armstrong talks about the perks and pitfalls of his job in this new feature from the Money blog team that lifts the lid on what different professions are really like. Each Monday, our Money team speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. … Read more
The court was told the security man became aware that the defendant was become abusive to other customers in the pub and had tried to remove a glass from her hand, which she was swinging around. Dundalk Circuit Court has heard how a County Down woman hit a door man with a glass on the … Read more
A doorman caused a man to lose seven teeth and suffer a fractured jaw when he pushed him out of a pub. Haroon Fazil, 32, was working at the Duke of Lancaster pub in Colne on February 26, 2022, where the victim in the case was a patron. Witnesses described how the man had been … Read more
A bogus doorman who paid £300 for a cloned security license has been handed a community order after being found out. Luke Donnelly made the payment to an unknown man in exchange for the fake Security Industry Authority (SIA) license, allowing him to work illegally without the proper training. However a would-be employer spotted the … Read more
A MEMORIAL plaque has been unveiled in memory of a popular doorman who passed away suddenly last year. Andrew McKain, of Whitehaven, who was head doorman at The Junction pub in Workington, died while at work in April last year. He was well-known in pubs across west Cumbria and at Whitehaven Rugby League Club, where … Read more