Drunken City Worker Attacked Bouncer

Assault: Devonshire Square

A drunken City worker repeatedly punched a bar security guard after he was asked to leave.

Luke Kenneth Charge, 26, of King's Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, Woodford Green, Essex left the victim bleeding heavily and was arrested.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday, where he changed his plea to guilty to assaulting the guard in Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate, causing him actual bodily harm, on September 13, last year.

The prosecutor told the court it was 9.30pm and Charge was out drinking with work colleagues and so obviously “intoxicated” security staff asked him to leave.

He became “very animated and upset” and a friend tried to calm him down and persuade him to leave.

However, Charge returned and attacked one of the security guard's, punching the victim in the face with the assault continuing on the floor.

The court was told there was a “substantial amount of bleeding” and the guard was struck in the face again.

The case was adjourned so unrepresented Charge could appoint a lawyer, with the magistrate saying: “The aggravating feature is the sustained or repeated attack.

“I am not ruling prison out and that makes it very serious. I think he needs a solicitor.”