Woman that assaulting four men told pub door staff “you’re ruining my Christmas”

A woman who ended a festive drinking session by assaulting four men told pub door staff “you’re ruining my Christmas”, a court heard.

A doorman was throwing Amylea Gallagher, 31, out of the Blue Boar in Castlegate, York,  late on December 23 because of her drunken disorderly behaviour inside it, said Louise Berry, prosecuting.

She called him a “horrible .……..” and spat twice at him, hitting him on the shoulder and narrowly missing his face.

She went on to spit on a second doorman who arrived from a nearby pub to assist and a police officer called to the scene and spat at but didn’t hit a second police officer.

Today she is on a suspended prison sentence and facing a £464 bill. She lives on benefits.

Gallagher, of Partridge Road, Easingwold, admitted four assaults.

“This series of offences is persistent, sustained and prolonged behaviour,” said deputy district judge Hussain. Spitting at someone is “an unpleasant and disgusting way to commit an offence”.

He gave her a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months on condition she does 15 days’ rehabilitative activities and wears an alcohol abstinence tag for three months.

He banned her from the Blue Boar and Three Tuns pub in Coppergate for 12 months and ordered her to pay £75 compensation each to the three men she spat on, £85 prosecution costs and a £154 statutory surcharge.

Ms Berry told York Magistrates’ Court Gallagher was so drunk on December 23, she was shouting, unsteady on her feet and “generally being disorderly”.

When the first doorman ordered her to leave, she “accused him of ruining her Christmas before spitting on him,” said the prosecutor.

She was taken outside where the second doorman arrived, followed by the two police officers.

The judge told the court Gallagher had told a probation officer she believed her behaviour inside the Blue Boar was “appropriate” as she believed her bag had been taken. Afterwards she was genuinely remorseful. She had been using alcohol as a coping mechanism.

Defence solicitor Harry Bayman said she had difficulties that had left her very distressed in the run-up to Christmas and she had had too much to drink.

She was now disgusted and remorseful for her behaviour. She had apologised to the police officers in the police station and asked for them to apologise for her to the door staff.

She had not drunk alcohol since the assault.

She had long-term health difficulties.

Source – Gazette Herald