Thug attacks doorman then batters a stranger
A VIOLENT thug head-butted a doorman when he was thrown out of his father’s wedding reception – and then beat a stranger unconscious in the street.
Nathan Kennally began an orgy of violence after he was thrown out of a do at The Waldorf pub near Piccadilly railway station.
Now the father-of-two, who was serving a suspended prison sentence for another act of violence, has been jailed for two years and five months.
Kennally, 26, of Holland Street in Miles Platting, admitted GBH and common assault when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court.
Prosecutor David Lees told the court how Kennally had been thrown out of The Waldorf just before midnight on November 4 last year. The defendant flew into a rage after he had dropped a tray of sandwiches as he crossed the foyer, picking the tray up and hurling it across the room.
When a doorman told him to calm down, Kennally reacted by head-butting him.
Kennally was ejected but moments later he became involved in another violent confrontation when he barged into his second victim close to Piccadilly railway station. When the man swore at Kennally and asked him what he was doing, the defendant punched his victim in the left eye.
His victim fell to the ground and Kennally continued to rain punches until he lost consciousness, according to the prosecution.
The victim was taken to hospital where it emerged he had suffered a broken arm trying to fend off the attacker.
The doorman had been ‘disgusted’ by the attack, although his injuries were not serious, while the second victim underwent surgery and had six metal plates inserted into his arm, the court heard.
The defendant had previously amassed 11 convictions, including drugs possession, drink-driving and violence. He was serving a suspended prison sentence for another assault at the time of the latest attacks. Martin Sharpe, defending, said: “Clearly he does have a history of violent offending but they are all different circumstances and the last one was five years ago.”
His client was so drunk he could not recall the incident and, referring to a report by the probation service, had shown ‘genuine regret,’ the court heard.
He had been made homeless when he split from the mother of his children two years ago, said Mr Sharpe.
Judge Michael Leeming said the defendant was ‘still in something of a temper’ when he launched the second attack which had been ‘wholly unprovoked.’
“(The victim) was raising his arm at least initially to defend himself and the arm was broken such was the severity of the assault.
“He lost consciousness briefly as a result of what happened,” said Judge Leeming.