Man
Jailed for Attack on Doorman
A violent attack on a bouncer in Carlisle was
inspired by a day spent drinking 'gallons' of beer, a court heard.
David Alan Archibald, aged 27, of Beverley Rise, Harraby, was jailed for
18 months for the assault. He approached the Litten Tree pub in Botchergate,
with another man on November 18th last year, prosecutor Alan Lovett told
Carlisle Crown Court.
The other man was barred from the pub, but Archibald was allowed inside
by bouncer Thomas Smith to get his jacket. While Mr Smith was keeping
an eye on the second man, Archibald came up behind him and punched him,
fracturing his nose. He then fled down Botchergate, before being caught
by police and arrested.
When asked how much he had drunk, he told officers that he had consumed
'gallons' of beer at a christening.
Archibald was in court for sentencing last week, having admitted to a
charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on May 19th. Malcolm
Dodds, defending, told the court that since the incident Archibald’s
life had been turned 'upside down' when he threw himself off a scaffold.
He was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Sentencing, Recorder Roderick Carus told Archibald: 'The courts are not
allowed to let people like you go on and on. You have got a history of
attacking people in drink and in this case Mr Smith had been trying to
do his job.'
