A man attacked a doorman and the manager of a Clitheroe bar in a grief-fuelled drunken rage. Blackburn magistrates heard Daniel Kirk Harwood also assaulted two police officers by spitting in their faces. While he was on bail for those offences he was caught driving while disqualified. Harwood, 32, of Hope Street, Great Harwood, pleaded … Read more
A PUB doorman has told a court he did not call the police when he heard someone say “I’m going to cut you,” in an incident which saw a father-of-two killed in Canvey. Matt Portwood, 42, died from two stab wounds to his neck following a fight outside the Haystack Pub, in Furtherwick Road, on … Read more
A FUNDRAISER is being held to raise money to pay for the funeral of “Weston’s best doorman”. Steve Gallagher was a much-loved figure in the coastal town. He had built up his career through acting as doorman for Weston and Clevedon businesses. He had a wife and young child. On Tuesday, September 12, Steve unexpectedly … Read more
A security guard has called a funfair incident “the worst I’ve ever seen at a children’s event” after nine teenagers were arrested and a police officer was injured. The guard said he was among staff patrolling the funfair in King George Field in Mayfield and had been confiscating alcohol from youngsters when a bottle was … Read more
Michael, also known as Bruno, died after spending 18 days at a specialist medical unit following the incident. A festival security guard who suffered a head injury while clearing up the site has died in hospital weeks after the incident. The man was airlifted to hospital from Creamfields in Daresbury, Halton, on Monday, August 28. … Read more
The 24-year old pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting the man by punching him on the head and behaving in a disorderly manner at Fubar, and these had been accepted by the Crown. Fiscal depute Lindsay Brooks told Stirling Sheriff Court that the incident had occurred in the early hours of the morning when … Read more
An East Londoner accused of murder threw the first punch before a ‘well liked’ doorman was stabbed to death in Essex, jurors have been told. Matt Portwood was found injured in a car park close to Iceland supermarket in Furtherwick Road on Canvey Island on February 4 this year. Jamie Lewis, 24, of Bensham Lane, … Read more
A drunk Midlothian man left revellers terrified when he wielded a circular saw during an argument next to a nightclub. Joshua Tidswell powered up the saw and brandished it before being tackled by door staff from the Edinburgh venue. The 28-year-old construction worker had been out boozing with a pal after work and had his … Read more
A club doorman who had already been released under investigation for drug offences punched a man in an “entirely unnecessary act of violence”. Joshua Bourne, 32, was working on the doors at a club in Leigh when he punched the man hard in the face on the night of August 21 last year. Bolton Crown Court … Read more
He’s rubbed shoulders with football hooligans, watched a customer get slashed in the face and even had to save his own colleagues from a nightclub riot. But this is all in a days work for one of the West Midlands’ longest-serving bouncers. Charles Yearwood started his career on the doors of a Longbridge Chinese restaurant … Read more