More training for door staff and funding for testing kits are among a package of measures announced to crack down on spiking. The Home Office has said the law will also be “modernised” to make it clear spiking – putting alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink or body without their consent – is a … Read more
A McDonald’s security guard has been sacked after footage showed him mopping the pavement where a homeless man was sitting. The video, taken on Saturday night in London’s affluent Belgravia area, a short walk from Buckingham Palace, shows the water seeping under the homeless man’s sleeping bag and duvet. At one point the guard is … Read more
A boozed-up Mansfield man who spat in a bouncer’s face after he was refused entry to a late-night bar has been landed with a £495 court bill. Malcolm Pleskauskas demanded to enter the Industria bar, on Leeming Street, Mansfield, on October 21, but was turned away because he was “clearly too intoxicated,” said prosecutor Adeel … Read more
As we reported yesterday, A nightclub doorman was found not guilty by a jury after a man died from a single punch to the face. Sean Orrell, 32, said he was acting in self defence when he floored Joshua Hughes, 22, outside the Mary Street entrance of Glow in Lancaster. Mr Hughes was ejected from … Read more
A clubber died from head injuries after he was punched to the ground by a doorman outside a Lancaster nightclub, a court heard. Joshua Hughes, 22, was ‘forcefully ejected’ from Glow, after a woman told security staff he had slapped her bottom on the dancefloor of Glow, in Great John Street, a jury was told. … Read more
A man wound up in court after confronting a town centre bar’s door staff because he had been separated from his friends. James Julian, 34, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He pleaded guilty to the offence, which he committed on October 28 this … Read more
A THUG punched a bouncer after being knocked back from a Glasgow bar. Dean Watt and two of his pals were refused entry into Bag O Nails, in Partick, due to appearing to be too drunk. Watt left the main door entrance and walked towards the side door – where another bouncer, Asif Ali, was … Read more
A father stole £300 worth of goods from Sainsbury’s but when a security guard tried to stop him he brandished a knife and said: ‘I need this – I owe people money”. He also carried out another theft at a supermarket. Gregg Dalton, 40, first attended Asda in Newport on November 1 when he was … Read more
A lap-dancing club doorman punched an Ed Sheeran fan in the face and broke his jaw – and the ‘brutal unprovoked attack’ was filmed on CCTV. Michael Barraclough was on his way home from a concert at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, when he was set upon by Kevin Davies. Mr Barraclough was … Read more
A “crunching noise” was heard by witnesses when a drunken thug bit off part of a doorman’s ear outside a pub and then spat it out onto the pavement. The grisly assault happened after staff tried to restrain Liam McNally when he was ejected from The Raven in Wakefield city centre. He hit out by … Read more