TWO doormen said they feared for their lives when they were attacked in a Derby lap-dancing club.
The bouncers were knocked to the floor and repeatedly punched by Nottingham 'businessman' Sarbjit Sanghera when they were working at Baby Platinum, in Victoria Street.
The attack turned into a melee in which other punters in the club threw chairs and punched and kicked the doormen while they were on the ground.
Sanghera, who is married to a police officer with whom he has a baby son, was told to pay each of the doormen £350 compensation.
Handing the 31-year-old a 16-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, Judge John Pini QC said: “I have seen the CCTV of what you did and it’s utterly disgraceful. You have escaped custody by the absolute skin of your teeth. Both [victims] describe it as the worst incident they have see in four years working as doormen.”
He said Sanghera’s wife, being a police officer, must be “appalled” at his behaviour.
Derby Crown Court heard that the incident, which took place at 3.50am on August 4, began when the bouncers were called inside the club by staff because of “problems going on”.
Prosecutor Sarah Slater said Sanghera grabbed hold of one of the bouncers’ arms, who in turned tried to push him off. The other doorman then grabbed Sanghera under the arms and tried to take him outside but was punched to the face by the defendant and fell to the floor.
Miss Slater said: “There were several punches to him while he was on the ground. He was also hit by other people and kicked and punched by them as well.
“The defendant is pulled away and then goes and punches the other doorman to the face, who goes to the ground. Then he [Sanghera] punches him to the face and kicks him while he is on the ground. He [the doorman] is also assaulted by others. The defendant then assaults the other doorman again.”
Sanghera was arrested later after one of the bouncers recognising him from a boxing video on YouTube.
Both security workers said they suffered headaches for about a week after the incident.
One suffered a lump to the back of his head, swelling to his face and two chipped teeth. He said: “I feared for my life.” The other, who suffered lumps and a cut to his forehead, swelling and a cut to his nose and a graze under his left eye, said: “I thought I would end up dead.”
The court heard that, as a result of the incident, the club now hired extra door staff.
Sanghera, of Staindale Drive, Aspley, Nottingham, admitted two offences of assault causing actual bodily harm.
Richard Murray, in mitigation, said: “He didn’t go out looking for any trouble that night.
“He was out with a couple of friends. He made the mistake of involving himself in a situation that didn’t initially involve him, with good intentions at the time, trying to defuse the situation.”
Mr Murray said that, when one of the bouncers had grabbed him from behind, he had hit out at him believing it to be another punter.
“The scene was chaotic,” he added, “glass smashing, people throwing chairs. Once the incident starts, the red mist then descends.”
Sanghera, who runs his own businesses, was ordered to do 250 hours’ unpaid work.
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