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Norwich
Evening News
- Norwich,
England, UK
- Monday, 2
March 2009
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- Man spat
at bouncers
- A
21-year-old man who spat in the face of two bouncers and
abused one of them after being refused entry to a
Norwich club has been ordered to pay compensation to the
pair and made to wear a curfew tag.
 Norwich
Magistrates Court heard that Flavio Dos Anjos, from
Chaucer Road in Yarmouth, spat on the chest of female
bouncer Tracey Scott and in the face of bouncer Richard
Wickham after they refused the Portuguese national
entrance into the Mojo nightclub in Prince of Wales
Road.
The court heard the 21-year-old, who is blind in the
right eye from a previous attack in a nightclub, claimed
he had paid and was having a cigarette outside the club
on February 8, but failed to show a stamp on his hand
proving he had already paid the entrance fee.
Sattam Al-Mugheiry, prosecuting, said: “When he was
refused entry he spat on Miss Scott's chest and called
her a dyke. Mr Wickham got involved and Dos Anjos spat
in his face.
“Mr Wickham restrained him until the police arrived. The
male bouncer also states the defendant said he would cut
his throat.”
Dos Anjos pleaded guilty to the two counts of assault.
The court heard Dos Anjos has a previous record,
involving a period in prison for crimes unrelated to
violence but surrounding dishonestly offences.
Rob New, in mitigation, said: “The unpleasantness is the
aggravating feature but no injury was caused.
“The defendant said he had gone into the nightclub,
having paid the entrance fee, leaving an expensive coat
inside. He went out the front for a cigarette and became
deeply frustrated when he was not allowed back in.”
Chair of the bench, Steve Gunner, ordered an eight-week
curfew on Dos Anjos so from 9pm to 6am he would have to
remain at his Yarmouth address.
He said: “It's an extremely unpleasant offence. The
court is looking at two common assaults on two people
who were trying to undertake their job.
“Although there was no physical injury this is serious.
It placed the two people in fear of their health as a
result of this.
“We are going to award the sum of £50 to each of the
people assaulted which has to be paid within 14 days.”
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