Jailed Luke Allman, 26, sank 10 pints and snorted cocaine before stabbing a bouncer in a rage on a night out that was supposed to celebrate the gender of his first child
A man took cocaine and downed 10 pints before stabbing a doorman during a night out to celebrate the gender of his first child.
Luke Allman was jailed for nine years after the incident on February 23, which saw Allman threaten bar staff and scream: “I’m going to f*****g kill everyone.” Allman was out drinking with friends at the Bask bar close to Stockport station in Greater Manchester.
The incident unfolded when Allman, 26, stood in a ‘no service’ area and shouted “I’ve been waiting here for ages.” He threw a sign a staff member showed him that explained customers would not be served in that area, before being asked to leave and “violently ejected”, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. A scuffle led to Allman and two security staff being injured, with one female guard vomiting after her head was hit.
CCTV showed Allman landing on his back and then walking away. Just 12 minutes later, he returned with a flick knife he thought was legal because the blade didn’t “look that big”.
“It’s alright pal, I just need one minute,” he said, in an attempt to get inside Bask, which has since been rebranded and is under new management. It was then Allman ‘jumped’ at a bouncer and appeared to hit him, a court heard.
He stabbed a doorman who was not involved in the initial altercation. The doorman suffered grim injuries and was left needing emergency surgery because of a protruding bowel from a wound to his abdomen.
Four security staff members were required to wrestle the knife from Allman. One staff member was hit in the head and suffered an injured thumb.
Allman later told cops he had gotten drunk and had been roughed up by security.
The bouncer who was stabbed said he believed he was going to die.
They said: “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.”
And the female member of door staff 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.”
Allman has now been jailed for nine years having pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and possession of an offensive weapon.
Henry Blackshaw, mitigating, said the incident was disastrous for Allman, his family and the victims.
“He was inebriated, I spoke to him earlier today and he doesn’t have a clear memory,” Mr Blackshaw said.
“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 did not have a grudge against the man he stabbed, and that the victim happened to be the nearest person to him..
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.”