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
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