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Eight men – including six doormen – have received 18 month suspended sentences following an affray outside a Newark chip shop last year that left two men unconscious.

Nottinghamshire Police were called on the evening of Saturday 13 September 2014 following a disturbance inside the Castlegate Fish Bar in Newark.

Officers arrived within minutes to find one man had been kicked and punched unconscious and another had been struck to the side of the head when he challenged the group.

One of the men was also struck again as he walked away, causing him to fall against a parked car and hit his head before being kicked by one of the men as he lay unconscious.

Through their investigations, detectives identified six men who had been working as licensed door staff at two premises in the town.

Two other men were identified as friends who had posed as door staff to gain free entry to a nearby boxing event in the town earlier that evening.

All eight were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court after they pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for Newark, Inspector Louise Clarke, said: “This is a particularly horrifying attack that lasted just over two minutes but managed to leave two men unconscious, including one who was left with cracked teeth, a broken nose and a fractured sternum.

“We want to be absolutely clear that violence will not be tolerated from anyone in Nottinghamshire – and especially not those whose responsibility it is to keep the public safe as they enjoy an evening out in our county’s city and town centres."

“Nottinghamshire Police has a long-standing record of working with licensed premises, security companies and local authority licensing departments across all our town and city centres to prevent this kind of deplorable violence."

“The eight convictions in this case simply would not have been possible without the cooperation of the premises in Newark town centre and we would like to place on-record our thanks to them for reaffirming their commitment to making Newark town centre a safe and enjoyable place to enjoy an evening out.”

Sentencing

Seven of the eight defendants received an 18-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years. They were also ordered to carry out 250 hours unpaid work and pay £200 costs:

Amit Goldsborough, 32, of Barnby Gate, Newark
Leigh Hagan, 34, of Eagle Road, North Scarle
Ray Moore, 39, of George Street, Newark
Ben Wells, 23, of School Gardens, Oxton
Callum Moon, 21, of Chatsworth Road, Newark
Daniel Berry, 35, of Grange Road, Newark
Peter Green, 45, of Spring Gardens, Newark

Steven Drake, 27, of Houghton Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, received an 18-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years. He was also ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work, will be subject to a 12-month supervision order and was ordered to pay £200 costs.