Dad’s ‘tirade of violence’ brings terror to pub
JAILED FOR 15 MONTHS AFTER THREAT TO ‘STAB UP’ WORKER
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE dad went on a “tirade of violence” as he threatened staff and other guests at a popular pub.
Jason Wilson, 36, also smashed windows and caused hundreds of pounds of damage at the Peacock Inn in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Derby Crown Court heard the incident happened over a period of 17 minutes and included the plasterer threatening to “stab up” and “kill” a member of staff who he grabbed around the throat.
Wilson, of Mapperley, lost control after complaints about noise coming from his room.
Wilson, who has 25 previous convictions for 44 offences, went around the pub, smashing windows and kicking doors.
Jailing him for 15 months, Judge Jonathan Bennett said: “It was a horrific incident and I have had the misfortune to see the CCTV of the incident. Ian Torpey, the licensee, is someone whom says he has been in the hospitality trade for 36 years, which is the same age as you.
“Not surprisingly he has witnessed several incidents like this but he says never one like this. In his own words it was ‘a tirade of violence’.
“This was not a fiveminute affair involving a couple of people. It was 17 minutes of sustained and threatening violence which put staff and other guests in serious fear and distress.”
Noel Philo, prosecuting, said the incident took place overnight on
December 6 and 7, 2019, when Wilson was a guest at the Bridge Street pub and hotel with his then partner.
One of the guests complained about the noise coming from an argument inside their room and a staff member knocked on the door to ask the defendant to keep it down.
He said: “The defendant started kicking at the guest’s door saying ‘open the door, I will kill you for complaining about me’.
“He then grabbed the member of staff by the throat and said ‘I will kill you, I will skin you’.
“Other members of staff kept the defendant away from the other guests and he said ‘what are you looking at? I will stab you’ to one of them.”
Mr Philo said Wilson then started smashing windows by throwing slates.
Police were called. They arrested him and he told them he was defending himself from other people.
Mr Philo said: “Here is a man who feels it is everyone else’s fault except his own.”
Wilson, of Byford Close, pleaded guilty to affray and criminal damage.
Benn Robinson, mitigating, said in the months leading up to the incident his client had discovered his mother had terminal cancer and had broken up with a long-term partner of five years. He said: “I have to accept it’s a sustained and unpleasant incident. His daughter was born last June three months premature with his new partner and had to spend some time in hospital. He works as a subcontractor plasterer earning £2,000 per month to support his family.”
It was 17 minutes of sustained and threatening violence.
Judge Jonathan Bennett