A man celebrating after discovering the gender of his first child knifed a bouncer following a boozy bender involving 10 pints and a ‘modest amount’ of cocaine. Luke Allman erupted at staff working at Bask, near Stockport station, on February 23 this year, bellowing: “I’m going to f***ing kill everyone.”
This occurred as he positioned himself in a ‘no service’ zone. He hurled a sign before being told to leave. The 26 year old, Minshull Street Crown Court was told, was ‘violently ejected’, reports the Manchester Evening News. He and two security personnel sustained injuries during a tussle.
CCTV footage captured Allman hitting the ground on his back before departing. Approximately 12 minutes later he returned wielding a flick knife. He plunged the blade into a doorman who hadn’t been part of the original altercation. The victim suffered a protruding bowel from an abdominal wound and required emergency surgery.
Allman has now been sentenced to nine years behind bars after admitting causing grievous bodily harm with intent; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and possession of an offensive weapon. Allman, the court was told, had been out celebrating following a gender reveal for his first child. He consumed alcohol with mates at a Wetherspoons before heading to Bask, which has since undergone a management change and rebranding.
Sara Haque, prosecuting, explained he positioned himself in a ‘no service’ section of the establishment whilst yelling: “I’ve been waiting here for ages.” A member of staff pointed out a sign indicating customers wouldn’t be served in that area, which he threw. Allman was asked to leave, before becoming involved in a ‘big scuffle’.
A female security guard vomited after her head was hit. Allman later returned and tried to get inside. “It’s alright pal, I just need one minute,” he said as he was told no more customers would be permitted entry. He then ‘jumped’ at a bouncer and appeared to hit him, the court heard. It took four security staff members to wrestle him and disarm him of the knife. “I’m going to f***ing kill everyone,” he said.
Staff then realised the bouncer had been stabbed in the abdomen. Another staff member was hit around the head and suffered an injured thumb. He later told police he ‘got pis**d’ and was ‘bashed up’. Allman said he thought the knife was ‘legal’ because the blade didn’t ‘look that big’.
In a statement read to the court, the bouncer who was stabbed, said he thought he was going to die, adding: “I’m normally quite active, but after that moment I am wary of my surroundings and look around a lot more. When people are around I’m scared, worried and anxious. I don’t want to return to door work due to the risk to my safety and other people.”
The female member of the door staff injured said she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for two weeks. “I’ve never been so scared and embarrassed in my life,” she added. “This stupid, unnecessary incident changed my life forever.”
Henry Blackshaw, mitigating, said the incident was a ‘disaster’ for the victims, Allman and his family.
“He was inebriated, I spoke to him earlier today and he doesn’t have a clear memory,” he added.
“He had at least 10 pints of beer and had taken a modest amount of cocaine. We say he was moved in a very heavy handed way and the use of force was unnecessary. He was flung out on his back. Physically hurt, and feeling a sense of grievance at the way he was handled, he wanders up the road and makes the drunken decision to return with a knife and attacks the nearest member of door staff.”
Mr Blackshaw said Allman had ‘no grudge’ against the man stabbed, saying he was just ‘the nearest person there’.
Judge Maurice Greene said: “There was some provocation, you were violently ejected. That is limited mitigation as less than a quarter of an hour later, you went back and exacted retribution to the nearest doorman you could find.
“He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Allman, of Lambeth Grove, Woodley, Stockport, was jailed for nine years.