A 49-year-old Cheltenham man has been jailed for three months for racially abusing a John Lewis store security guard who he wrongly believed was Albanian. Prosecutor Simon Goodman explained to Gloucester Crown Court on Friday (August 12) that Desmond Thompson of Pitman Road, St Marks, had gone into the John Lewis store in Cheltenham’s High … Read more
Police officers have been banned from serving for life after misconduct hearings found one used racist language and the other used excessive force. Det Con Clare Davenport faced the racism allegation, while special constable Simon Redford was accused over the other. Their actions, in separate events, breached police standards, a disciplinary panel ruled. The pair … Read more
Switched-on licensees and door staff are helping to drive down late-night crime in Torquay trouble spots, according to a new report for Torbay Council. But overall crime figures are back above pre-covid levels. The council’s cabinet committee will meet next Tuesday to consider crime in the bay’s busiest night-time areas: Torquay town centre and the … Read more
A drunk woman racially-abused and spat on a doorman at a Derby city centre club as he wouldn’t let her and her group inside. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how 23-year-old Saddiya Mahmood called the man “a white b*****d” when he refused them entry to Fever nightspot. The former support worker, of Normanton, was arrested … Read more
Andrew Hurtault, 42, had been out of prison for two days when he went to a Co-op in Oxford on July 9 and stole £45-worth of goods. He struck a further two times in the following three weeks, going into Sainsbury’s with other men, selecting booze then leaving. On July 29, he was at the … Read more
Victims of spiking are apparently ‘completely mistreated’ by door staff, and made to feel like they are to blame, meaning they are reluctant to take the complaint any further. Although there are plenty of decent bar and door staff in the resort, she pointed out that a recent string of incidents has shown an alarming … Read more
A nightclub bouncer suffered vile racist abuse when a customer reacted violently to being ejected. David Cressey subjected the victim to sickening taunts, including making monkey noises, and picked up railings and brandished them as a weapon during the frightening scenes. The victim was working at Roxanne’s nightclub, in South Shields, on July 23 last … Read more
Doormen have told how they desperately tried to save the life of a man who was found stabbed in the street. Police were called to Railway Road, Ormskirk, at 12.05am today, July 29, to reports of an ongoing disturbance and found a 19-year-old man with stab injuries. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, … Read more
A thug who assaulted and racially abused a shopping mall security guard after defecating outside the premises was given a four-month jail term today, but freed on bail pending an appeal of the sentence. At Antrim Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ballymena, District Judge Nigel Broderick told 34-year-old Ciaran McCrory his behaviour had been “traumatic and … Read more
As we mark International Security Officers’ Day, let’s pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of security officers in the UK who every day work tirelessly to keep us safe. The date of 24 July is a reminder of the work they do to protect people and property, professionally 24 hours a day, 7 days … Read more