A man who was allegedly “body-slammed” outside a McDonald’s restaurant has cleared the first stage in a High Court battle to have the bouncer involved face criminal charges. Gary Devlin was granted leave to seek a judicial review of the decision not to prosecute anyone over the incident in Belfast city centre. Mr Devlin was … Read more
A NEWTOWN man must complete a two-year court order and has to register as a sex offender after he exposed himself to a doorman and police officers. Jorge Riviero-Santos committed the offence in the town centre on November 4 last year and was sentenced this week following an in-depth psychiatric report. The 33-year-old had previously … Read more
A bouncer broke a tooth and was briefly knocked out from a punch when a brawl broke out in a busy Arnold bar. The fighting started at Sasha’s Bar, Front Street, on October 23, 2021, Nottingham Crown Court heard. It kicked off when the doorman asked a group inside to leave, with defendant Grant Baguley … Read more
A holidaymaker headbutted a 74-year-old security guard at a North Wales park. Luke Selvey, who had been drinking, had been verbally and physically abusive to his partner at Hafan y Mor in Pwllheli that day last summer. When staff confronted the 38-year-old defendant, he headbutted the older man, hit another with a glass and punched … Read more
A police officer has been sacked after falsely claiming he was assaulted by a nightclub bouncer in a drunken 999 call. PC Liam Simonet, of West Yorkshire Police, claimed he had been punched three times by a bouncer at the Acapulco nightclub in Halifax in the early hours of 13 May, 2022. He later updated … Read more
A doorman had to have his hand glued back together after being slashed with a knife in Newcastle city centre. Shaun Mair pulled a four inch blade out of his pocket after being ejected from The Yard Bar. Newcastle Crown Court heard how bouncers at the venue had been struggling to get the intoxicated 54-year-old … Read more
A young mum “kicked off” when a bouncer tried to stop her walking down a staircase with a glass, a court heard. Alana Keane was celebrating her husband’s birthday when she assaulted the door supervisor in Popworld, located in The Poultry, Nottingham. The incident happened on July 2, 2022, just before 6pm when victim Finnian … Read more
Heathrow has made an improved pay offer in a bid to avert planned strikes by some security guards at the airport. Around 1,400 members of Unite are due to stage a series of walkouts between May 5 and 27 following strikes over Easter. Unite said the action would cause “inevitable disruption and delays” at a … Read more
A MAN has been arrested after a security guard was sexually assaulted while trying to stop a shoplifter. The incident took place on Monday at around 12.45pm at West Quay Retail Park. A security guard followed a man after he allegedly stole a number of items from a shop. During the altercation, the security guard … Read more
A DOORMAN said his thoughts were with a bereaved family as he was acquitted of the manslaughter of a father-of-four. Lee Sutcliffe, 39, was cleared of criminal responsibility for the death of Darren James Pudsey, 45, of Upper Poppleton, by a jury at Leeds Crown Court today (Thursday, April 20). From the time he was … Read more