Paul Skyner pleaded guilty to working illegally in the Wirral’s night time economy and the court fined him £540 and ordered him to pay a victim surcharge of £216 and prosecution costs of £1,000. The SIA brought the prosecution following a joint operation with Merseyside Police and Wirral Council’s licensing department. Together they carried out … Read more
Two court security guards attacked defendants in their cells – knocking one unconscious, and leaving another with a punctured lung ‘Your job requires you to exercise care, control and responsibility,” a Sheffield judge said, as he jailed two former court security guards who attacked defendants in their cells, knocking one unconscious, and leaving the other … Read more
A 31-year-old man who assaulted three police officers and a bouncer who intervened after he pushed his wife outside a Suffolk nightclub has been given a suspended prison sentence. Grant Kehoe later told police he’d been using steroids for a year before the assaults and had lost his temper after drinking two bottles of wine … Read more
A man has spent 12 days and nights camping outside the Crooked House pub ruins to make sure no one takes the bricks. Rob Brown hopes his actions will help ensure the burnt-down building, which used to be known as Britain’s wonkiest pub, is rebuilt. He has been sleeping in his campervan, while also using … Read more
The UK’s largest retailer Tesco is offering its staff body cameras to protect them from rising cases of serious physical assault. The company’s chief executive Ken Murphy called for changes to the law to tackle the worsening situation, saying numbers of assaults on its workers had risen by a third in a year. Mr Murphy … Read more
“A split-second decision resulted in McKillop spending his Christmas morning in a police custody cell, and a father spending his morning in hospital when he should have been with his children.” A man who struck a stranger with a glass bottle at a Peterborough city centre pub on Christmas Eve has been given a suspended … Read more
AN Elgin pub has announced the death of its doorman who will be “sorely missed”. Sam Beaven, who attended Forres Academy, died on Friday night. No cause of death has been provided. Writing on Facebook, Foggies said: “It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our doorman Sam Beaven. “Sam helped us out … Read more
A Shrewsbury man was prosecuted at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on 28 June 2023 for managing illegal security at a Shrewsbury night club between 10 July 2021 and 4 November 2021. The court sentenced Kenneth Bailey to a £120 fine, and ordered him to pay £500 prosecution costs and a £34 victim surcharge. The prosecution was … Read more
Clubland legend Lenny McLean was often described as ‘Britain’s Hardest Man,’ and one story from a reformed villain certainly supports that description. Terry told how bouncer Lenny punched him in London’s Camden Palace – now called Koko. Terry, then a hot-headed teenager, vowed revenge. He returned a few weeks later armed with a secret weapon … Read more
A WOMAN who tried to kick and spit at a bouncer after an abusive outburst at a Greenock pub has been warned by a sheriff that all punishment options will be considered. Lyndsay McDonald laughed in the dock during the latest calling of her case at the town’s sheriff court this week as the hearing … Read more