Pub brawlers celebrate after avoiding jail ... with a pint
AFATHER took his daughter for a pint minutes after they escaped jail over a pub brawl.
Robert Stott, 66, and 33-year-old Anne-Marie had their celebratory drink in a bar opposite a courthouse after each apologised to a judge for threatening a publican who had barred them.
The pair had been arrested in June last year after going berserk when told to leave the Queens Arms in Bredbury, over an earlier incident.
Robert Stott grabbed a glass and his daughter took hold of a bottle before terrorising landlord John Howe, his wife plus regulars.
Care worker Anne-Marie, from Bredbury, shouted: “You f***ing b***h, I’m going to knock you out. I’m going to kill you, your pub’s going to get it.”
Both were quickly wrestled to the ground, with the glass and the bottle being broken in the process.
However, Anne-Marie kept hold of the broken bottle, and continued threatening punters outside.
Nobody was injured during the attack.
At Minshull Street Crown Court, the father and daughter both admitted affray and having possession of an offensive weapon.
Both walked free from court with 12-month community orders and were ordered to complete 20 days of rehabilitation activity requirements. After the hearing, they were spotted sipping pints of lager in a pub close to the court.
The incident occurred on June 25, 2018 in broad daylight when the Stotts were having a drink in the Queens Arms.
Prosecutor Kate Hammond said: “They had been previously barred from that public house and the incident in the public house occurred when the landlady told Mr Howe something was happening, they checked the CCTV and she recognised Anne-Marie Stott as someone who was barred from the premises.
“Mr Howe asked Stott and her father to leave but they effectively objected to that and both picked up weapons, she had a bottle and he had a glass. Both threatened the landlord and other members of the pub who were aware of these items.
“She seemed to swing a bottle at one of these people but missed them. He attempted to hit somebody with the glass but was wrestled to the floor and the glass was smashed.
“She was pushed to the floor and the bottle smashed, but she kept hold of the smashed end and threatened others with it.
“Whilst that was taking place, she made various threats to the landlady such as ‘you f***ing b***h, going to knock you out, going to kill you, your pub’s going to get it.’ This all frightened the landlady.”
In a victim personal statement, John Howe said: “The incident made me feel nervous, I feel like I have to be more vigilant as she could return. My family live here and I have to safeguard them against this sort of behaviour.” He has since left the pub. In her statement, the landlady said: “I felt angry and worried for the customers that they were going to be hurt, in particular John. I’m worried about the future as I live across the road and she was threatening to come back.
“In her words she said the pub was ‘going to get it.’ I am worried we are going to be attacked or she will attack other customers.”
The court heard that Robert Stott, of Woodley, had 28 previous offences on his record.
Defence lawyer Neil Fryman said: “Both defendants know this was disgraceful behaviour - both were heavily intoxicated.
“This was a 66-year-old father with his 33-year-old daughter, in the street, in broad daylight, both with glass implements. In any view there was a risk of injury and potential serious injury at that.
“It is seen on the CCTV that a man wrestled him to the floor and the glass was all over the floor. Perhaps it was by chance that nobody was injured.
“She appreciates that whilst she hadn’t broken the glass deliberately, it got broken in the fracas and she still held on to a broken bit, which could have caused injury to anyone.
“They regret what happened. There was a guilty plea at the earliest opportunity. You would think Mr Stott is getting far too old to be getting into fracas in the street, drunk, with potential serious consequences, but there you are.
“He says he is sorry. He has a stepson who has severe autism. He has been married for 34 years.
“Miss Stott is working as a carer, and is in the potential position of trust and authority, at a care home in Stockport. The defendants know people could have been injured.”
Both were handed an exclusion order, banning them from entering the Queen Arms in Bredbury for the next 12 months.