A security guard who “instinctively” stepped in during a late-night fight at Subway said the restaurant looked like a “warzone”, with food scattered across the floor and debris everywhere. Doorman Dave Floyd had just finished his shift at the Playhouse Gentleman’s Club on London Road when one of the club’s dancers ran back inside to … Read more
Security staff at a Mumford & Sons concert in Bath “beat up” a man before throwing him out of the venue, where he was arrested for assaulting a bouncer, magistrates heard. Benjamin Athay, who had consumed 10 pints and drunk gin, kicked a police officer in the groin during his arrest outside The Forum on … Read more
A “kind” and “valued” security guard at a supermarket in Kidderminster has been recognised for helping a young mum and her children get home safely. John Tyler, who works as a security colleague at Asda, has been described as a “total gentleman” after booking and paying for a taxi so a family wouldn’t have to … Read more
Lee Ablitt and Christopher Thompson had stored ‘industrial’ amounts in Rhyl and across the north-west of England A gym owner and doorman were today ordered to pay back more than half a million pounds between them after supplying class C drugs on a major scale. Lee Ablitt and Christopher Thompson had stored “industrial” amounts, across … Read more
TRIBUTE has been paid to a former bouncer, farm worker, and coal man known as ‘the beast’, who died at the age of 64. Michael Evans, who formerly worked in Tenbury Wells’ Cellar Bar, died after an 18-month battle with cancer on March 1. Mr Evans, born in 1961 in Hereford Hospital, was raised at … Read more
A murder investigation has been launched after a “gentle giant” security guard died in a stabbing at a shopping centre. Thames Valley Police was called to Centre:MK in Milton Keynes on Saturday at about 17:10 GMT. A 52-year-old man, named locally by family and friends as Gary Stanley, died at the scene, police said. A … Read more
A drunk man smashed a glass over the head of a Norwich bouncer who had been trying to “quell” disorder in front of him, a court has heard. Ben Hart, 24, had been on a night out when he was queuing to get into Revolution De Cuba in Queen Street. Norwich Crown Court heard an … Read more
A Gloucester man is spending £150 a day on a security guard to protect a small brick wall he inherited from his father almost 30 years ago. Roger White, 59, is fighting against developers Lincourt Homes, who say they need to demolish the two-brick high wall to create an emergency access route in line with … Read more
TRIBUTES have poured in for a popular and ‘kind-hearted’ Warrington doorman who was known and loved by so many. Artorius Ivanov, known to most as Arthur, was a familiar face within the community, not just for his work on the doors at various establishments but also for his ‘bubbly personality’ and the ‘kindness and the … Read more
A “violent and dangerous” man who slit a man’s throat with a Stanley knife in a pub has been jailed for 23 years. Lewis Parker, of Keppel Road, Shiregreen, Sheffield, was already on bail for two separate violent assaults in pubs when he took the box cutter out with him into Hoyland town centre on … Read more