A BOUNCER at a Dundee pub repeatedly punched a drunken man as he pulled him from the venue’s premises.
Grant Duncan, 27, had asked Steven Thompson to leave Duke’s Corner, on Brown Street, moments earlier as he was considered “too intoxicated”.
When Mr Thompson questioned Duncan’s decision, the bouncer responded by punching him.
Duncan then grabbed Mr Thompson by the neck and pulled him downwards and out of the pub, repeatedly punching him along the way.
Fiscal depute John Adams told Dundee Sheriff Court that the incident happened on October 11 last year — a busy Saturday night when about 200 people were in the pub.
The fiscal said: “Mr Thompson and his wife Cheryl Thompson were on a night out in Dundee city centre and went to the locus to continue their night out.
“Once within the locus, Duncan observed them and formed the opinion they were becoming heavily intoxicated and asked them to leave.
“After a few minutes they left from within the pub and stood conversing with door staff, asking why they were required to leave the locus.”
The fiscal continued: “Duncan then grabbed Mr Thompson and punched him on the head.
“Duncan grabbed Mr Thompson by the neck and pulled him downwards, towards the ground, and pulled him out of the pub, towards the exit onto Brown Street.
“He was repeatedly punching Mr Thompson and he pulled him off the pub’s grounds.”
Both Mr and Mrs Thompson then made their way across the street to outside the Globe Bar, Hawkhill, and contacted police. Officers arrived at 11.55pm and could see Thompson had been involved in a disturbance.
Duncan, of Minto Place, admitted that he assaulted Steven Thompson by repeatedly punching him on the head and body, grabbing him by the neck and pulling him to the ground.
Duncan’s employer, security firm SGL, said he no longer works for the firm.
A spokesman said: “SGL strongly supports robust regulation and welcomes the fact that this former employee’s conviction will prevent his continued employment in the security industry.”
Sentence was deferred until November 5.
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