Yob dad who attacked city pub doorman now shunned by young son
AND HIS MUM MAY HAVE TREATED VICTIM
A YOB left a doorman with a chunk missing from his lip when he attacked him inside a city centre bar.
Derby Crown Court heard Adam Thorpe punched the worker to the face as he tried to eject him from The Hideout following England’s 2-0 win over Germany in Euro 2021.
The victim had to have more than 30 stitches to the wound, which the hearing was told may leave him with scarring.
The 32-year-old attacker’s hearing heard how he has spent the last three months in prison waiting to hear his fate and has been shunned by his eight-year-old son.
And in a twist of irony, it is possible that the doorman could have been treated by Thorpe’s mother who works in the accident and emergency department at the Royal Derby Hospital.
Will Bennett, for the defendant, said: “On his last phone call home (from prison) his eight-year-old son refused to speak to him because he was so cross his father had done something which meant he could not be home with him.
“He says that is one of those times in life where you have to take a hard look at yourself because the person he loves the most will not talk to him because of his own boorish actions.
“His son resides with the defendant’s mother who has written a letter to the court. In it she says ‘I am totally and utterly upset, ashamed and embarrassed by my son’s behaviour on that evening.’ ’I work in A&E at the Royal Derby Hospital and have worked for the NHS for 20 years.’”
The judge, Recorder Peter Ievins, said to Mr Bennett: “She could have been stitching the complainant up on that night?”
He replied: “Yes, he is embarrassed and ashamed knowing he’s been a yob.”
Dawn Pritchard, prosecuting, said the attack took place in the former Walkabout bar in Market Place, in the early evening of June 29. Earlier, the England football team had beaten Germany 2-0 during the Euro 2021 championships on their way to the final.
Mrs Pritchard said the door staff thought Thorpe was taking drugs at his table in a booth and so approached him and asked him to leave.
She said in fact the defendant, of Normanton, was taking medication for a heart condition.
Mrs Pritchard said violence then erupted and culminated in the punch to the doorman’s face.
Thorpe, of Stanton Street and who was training to be a gas fitter, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.
He was jailed for a year, suspended for two years and was ordered to undertake 120 hours unpaid work and attend 15 rehabilitation sessions. He will also be monitored for his alcohol intake via an electronic tag for the next 120 days.
Recorder Ievins said: “The shame and damage you have caused to your relationship with your son is a significant factor in the sentence I pass.”
Thorpe’s younger brother Thomas Thorpe, 27, of Thurstone Furlong, Chellaston and who works in security, did not throw any punches and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of threatening behaviour. He was fined £500.
A third man who was with them, 23-year-old Brandon Irving, of London Road, Derby, pleaded guilty to affray and will be sentenced at a later date.