Ian could ‘tell you a story about every pub in the centre of Manchester’ but the Star and Garter was always special to him. Tributes have poured in after the death of Star and Garter’s beloved doorman Ian ‘Strawboss’ Garner following his tragic death. The much-loved bouncer passed away on Monday 22 May after suffering … Read more
A LLECHRYD man worked as a bouncer at a Cardigan wine bar without a licence, a court has heard. Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court heard on 18 May that David Aled Parry James, of Carregwen Farm, worked as a door supervisor at Dragon’s Wine Bar on High Street on 25 September, 2 October, and 19 October last … Read more
Jake Pennington has been given four-year sentence and subsequent five-year ban from a Union Street nightspot after he wounded two men who were ‘doing their duty’ A man has been jailed for four years and banned from setting foot in Union Street nightspot Jesters for another five years after attacking two doormen with a knife. … Read more
A disturbing video of a security guard holding a minor in a chokehold at an under-18 event in Rainton Arena, England went viral on social media. Doorman / bouncer in North east England grabs throat of 14 year old girl at an under 18s event pic.twitter.com/JikkOlZts8 — Detect Fights 💕 (@detectfights) May 21, 2023 The … Read more
A MAN has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed outside a popular bar. Essex Police responded to reports a man had been assaulted outside The Vine, in Leigh Road, Leigh, in the early hours of this morning. The victim, a man in his 20s, sustained stab wounds after being attacked around 30 metres away … Read more
A man was ordered to leave a bar but came back with a knife. It took three door staff to wrestle Florin Ursu to the ground who then spat in one doorman’s mouth. Police were called and the 29-year-old was arrested, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. A judge said carrying knives causes people great concern and … Read more
A bloke dubbed ‘Britain’s hardest man’ once battered a doorman for attempting to make a cheeky joke. Bare-knuckle boxer Lenny McLean claimed to have fought in a whopping 3,000 fights and was thought to be the ‘unofficial heavyweight champion of Great Britain’. Alongside his unlicensed boxing career, McLean was known to have dealings with the … Read more
The doorman, who has asked not to be named, was working outside the JLR Bar in Royton on Monday, May 1, when he spotted two men walking past covered in blood. One of the men was holding a large machete behind his back. He began to film the incident and he asked them: “You think … Read more
A pub doorman who planted a fake bomb in the pub toilets in which he worked and then alerted the police in a bid to be “seen as a hero” has been jailed for 12 months Stephen Edward Oliphant, 25, raised the alarm in November 2021 after claiming he found a suspicious device in a … Read more
Zain Salim, 21, has escaped a prison sentence for causing the wound, which needed six staples inserted, at the fast food chain’s outlet in Blake Street, York, on April 2 last year. The 15-year-old teenager’s mother said the incident had disrupted her son’s life and she is now planning to take further action against the … Read more