Wrexham,North Wales - Two Wrexham men part of violent street brawl outside nightclub

Published date: 27 April 2016 | 

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TWO Wrexham men were involved in a “maelstrom of violence” outside a nightclub during which kicks and punches were thrown, a court heard.

The drunken brawl happened outside The Buttermarket in Shrewsbury during which one man suffered a broken nose and another was left unconscious.

Much of the incident in December, 2014, was captured on CCTV and was shown at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

Aaron Roberts, 19, of Vicarage Fields, Ruabon, and Christopher Pugh, 24, of Quarry Brow, Gresford, and five other men appeared for sentence having admitted various roles in the fighting.

Also in the dock were John Lane, 44, of Wolverhampton, who was working as a doorman at the club, Jurain Elliot, 34, a gym instructor, of Telford, and Dharmesh Rana, 32, of Newport, who were at the club with two friends, and Gareth Brotherton, 26, and Andre Weiss, 24, both from Shrewsbury.

Judge Jim Tindal said the defendants were part of a maelstrom of violence and it was the sort of large scale disorder that had a chilling effect on innocent people.

He said that no doubt there had been a trivial and stupid disagreement which led to the whirlwind of violence.

Miss Samantha Powis, prosecuting, said the defendants had admitted offences of affray or common assault.

The court heard the violence started after Rana, Elliot and their two friends were ejected from the club.

Miss Powis said Elliot had struck another man which left the victim with a broken nose and Rana and the others had run down the street where Weiss and Brotherton were leaving from another entrance. The fighting continued during which Elliot punched Weiss in the face leaving him unconscious on the ground.

Lane, one of the security staff, who had tried to split Rana and Brotherton, suffered a kick to the face and, in rage, had then kicked out at a man on the ground.

Pugh had kicked out at the same man on the ground and missed, but had kicked Lane. There was random fighting which involved Roberts who was also seen to kick out.

Elliot, who was responsible for two direct assaults and was involved throughout, was jailed for 12 months and Rana, who was also involved throughout, was given 12 months, suspended for two years, 200 hours work and a four month monitored curfew.

Lane was given a six month community order and 100 hours work.

Roberts, Pugh and Brotherton were all given 12 month community orders with a four month curfew

Weiss was given a 12 month community order and 100 hours unpaid work.

All seven defendants were ordered to pay £100 towards the court costs.

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