A man who fatally stabbed a security guard who came to evict him has been jailed for at least 19 years. Chad Henderson stabbed Nathan Burton four times in the chest after barricading himself in his flat in Moseley, Birmingham in April 2021. The 46-year-old had denied murder, but was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court … Read more
A racist thug called a doorman the n-word and said he hated black people on a night out in a town centre. But Robin Wayne did not stop with his racist abuse there as after police came to arrest him in Maidstone he told officers “who likes them bruv, they are the inferior race”. As … Read more
A teenager who punched a Cookstown nightclub doorman around the head and spat on him, has been ordered to carry out 130 hours of Community Service. Nineteen-year-old Johnathan Lawrence from Callan Bridge Park in Armagh, admitted assaulting the doorman on July 16 2022. Lawrence was also fined £150 with a £15 offender’s levy for obstructing … Read more
A woman assaulted a door supervisor in Inverness night spot Johnny Foxes by spitting on his face then yelled: “A Scotsman put my dog down.” Rosalind Austin (45), from Halifax, was approached by the steward and challenged about a bottle of whisky she had in her bag on the late evening of May 5. Fiscal … Read more
Southampton bouncers will wear body-worn cameras with facial recognition technology to cut down city centre crime in a UK first. The three-month trial will see the cameras, fitted with Reveal facial recognition technology, worn by door staff across seven venues to help identify those who have been barred. GO! Southampton – the city’s Business Improvement … Read more
An aggressive troublemaker with a history of violence lashed out at a doorman during an angry confrontation, leaving his victim with a broken and bleeding nose. Fired-up Richard Campbell later fell foul of the police. He quickly turned nasty again during a furious struggle with an officer while trying to escape, Hull Crown Court heard. … Read more
A drunk man punched and then headbutted a young doorman after he refused him and his dog re-entry to a busy bar. Thomas Moffatt, 33, left the doorman with significant injuries including a broken nose, loose teeth and cuts. Moffatt, from St Austell, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence having admitted assault occasioning actual … Read more
On Wednesday 27 September 2023, a Cardiff man was prosecuted at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court for working as illegal security. Aymen Essa from Cardiff was fined £100 by Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court, and he was ordered to pay £846 prosecution costs and a £40 victim surcharge. The prosecution was brought by the Security Industry Authority … Read more
A bar at the centre of an attempted murder probe has claimed trade is ‘down 75 per cent’ due to an enforced and ‘strict’ ID policy. Two bouncers were stabbed at O Bar, on Broad Street, Birmingham, following a disorder inside the venue on Sunday, May 7. The bar had its licence temporarily suspended but … Read more
A GYM owner who assaulted a Whitehaven doorman after being ejected from a pub said he had ‘spiralled out of control with drink’. Ian Chambers, 54, initially denied a charge of assault by beating but changed his plea to guilty after being shown CCTV footage of the incident. Pamela Fee, prosecuting at Workington Magistrates’ Court, … Read more