2016-04-08
Jail for man who took part in violent assault of Copper's bouncer
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The door man was isolated on his own and attacked quite viciously." Another man who attacked the bouncer has since been jailed for four years, the court heard. But Judge Terence O'Sullivan said it was a serious attack that was pre-meditated. "People get intoxicated on a regular basis but they don't go out hitting people as a result of it," he said. "In my view, there's an element of pre-meditation, serious violence in a public place and an attack on people just doing their job." The judge sentenced Rice to three years' imprisonment, but suspended the final year.