3:12pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
A DAY in the cells was the punishment for a York man who attacked a pub landlord while serving a suspended prison sentence for GBH.
Jason Ian Coolledge, 34, appeared before York Crown Court for sentencing after being found guilty of battery.
Coolledge had been drinking in the Little John pub in Castlegate in October when he was recognised by the landlord as being barred. After being asked to leave an argument followed and Coolledge head-butted the owner.
Two further charges of theft and failing to Surrender were also heard, in relation to an incident in May when Coolledge stole a tub of Flora margarine from the city centre Budgeons convenience store.
Recorder Anthony Kelbrick told Coolledge, who currently resides at the council-run YACRO centre, that he must serve one day in the cells for breaching his suspended sentence and gave him a 40 week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
He was also ordered to do 80 hours unpaid work in the community.
Meanwhile, another man was spared a prison sentence by magistrates this week, after pleading guilty to assaulting a York doorman and resisting arrest.
Craig Peter Marshall, from Hull, was in the city during the Ebor Festival at York Races, when he and a group of friends were refused entry to the Artful Dodger in Micklegate.
The court heard that the group of three men were refused entry because of the size of the group, and not because they were drunk.
After a member of the group asked for an explanation for their refusal, Marshall punched doorman Marc Anthony Weston in the face the court heard.
After the scuffle, Marshall attempted to run from the scene. Two nearby mounted police officers were alerted, and put their hands on his shoulder to calm him down.
Marshall then struggled and swore at them before they tackled him to the ground, and used pepper spray on him before arresting him.
The court heard Marshall later told police he was “disgusted” with his own behaviour admitted drinking ten or 12 pints of cider prior to the assault.
Marshall, a bricklayer by trade, was given a conditional discharge for twelve months and ordered to pay £100 compensation to Mr Weston and £85 court costs.
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