A man who punched a security guard in the face after being kicked out of a bar in Old Town has been sentenced. Joseph Theobald, 35, of Albion Street, pleaded guilty to assault by beating at Swindon Magistrates Court on June 25. The victim, a security guard at the Star Bar on Wood Street, described … Read more
Michael Cooney, 32, from Newport assaulted Paul Mellor at the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran after hearing voices he and his colleague wanted to kill him. The defendant, who was being treated at a ward there, had earlier been shouting that “the police were coming to kill him and that they were going to shoot … Read more
Irdi Cupi had only had two drinks yet had no recollection of the unprovoked attack, a court heard A thug punched a Leicester doorman in the side of the face while the doorman was questioning his friends before letting them into a city centre bar. Personal trainer Irdi Cupi and his friends were trying to … Read more
A brawl at a Wetherspoons in Leeds city centre that involved a professional rugby player landed three people in court. The fight at Beckett’s Bank on Park Row came after a group of drinkers clashed with door staff, leaving one person needing hospital treatment. The incident happened on September 24, 2022, a Saturday afternoon at … Read more
A hospital security guard is taking part in a fundraising truck pull to say thank you to the teams who saved his father’s life. Paul Harrop is a security supervisor at Lincoln County Hospital. His father, also called Paul, had a stent fitted during a life-saving procedure at the Lincolnshire Heart Centre following a heart … Read more
A doorman at Blackpool’s Trilogy nightclub was left in a coma for three weeks after his heart stopped multiple times because of his use of disposable vapes. James Johnson was put into a medically induced coma after his body broke down after smoking one 2,400 puff disposable vape a day while working security at Trilogy … Read more
A doorman at the Queen of Bradgate was badly injured by 22-year-old Jack Connolly and both men assaulted police officers A man and his 22-year-old son are facing prison after a drunken brawl in Leicester city centre that included assaults on two police officers and a serious bottle attack on a doorman by the son. … Read more
AN ISLE of Wight woman who kicked a nightclub doorman in the testicles and caused chaos with a toilet in her holding cell has been spared a jail term. Amy Beer, of Scarrots Lane, Newport, appeared before a judge at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Friday, June 28. At a previous hearing in … Read more
A security guard who died after an incident at Asda in Arbroath has been named. Alun Harris-Richards, 61, has been described as a “much-loved husband and father” following the tragedy at the Westway Retail Park supermarket just before 7pm on Sunday. A statement, issued by the police on behalf of his family, reads: “Alun was … Read more
A security guard was yesterday ASSAULTED in Eastgate Shopping Centre by a young man who was looking to recover his phone. The incident happened on the lower floor of the shopping centre at around 4:30pm. Just outside Esquires Coffee, the security guard was punched by the young man who was allegedly looking to get his … Read more