A former boxer turned doorman left a bouncer working at the pub opposite needing knee replacement surgery, a court heard.
David Mahon appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to one count of wounding and another of causing actual bodily harm. Charles Lander, prosecuting, told the court that on July 30, 2021, Richard Murray was on shift as a doorman at
the Lodgeon Lark Lane, Aigburth and was joined by another doorman, Kyle Kennedy.
CCTV referred to in court showed Mahon and another male, who were both working as doormen across the road at Bar 25, approach Mr Murray and Mr Kennedy. Mahon, 42, had a dispute with Mr Murray, and a verbal altercation ensued, where Mahon was heard saying “what did you say about me, you made a c*** out of me.”
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For reasons unknown, Mahon punched Mr Kennedy with such force that he was knocked unconscious immediately, though he was not the intended target initially. The victim said he does not remember the attack, and only recalls waking up on the floor being unable to see anything or stand.
Mahon then turned on Mr Murray, and headbutted and punched him causing him to fall to the ground. After the victim fell, he held onto the defendant's legs, and Mahon kicked out at him to get free, causing an injury to Mr Murray’s knee.
Mahon continued to try to hit Mr Murray, but was held back by the other male, and soon walked back into Bar 25. In his basis of plea, Mahon said his intention was to talk peacefully with the victim who he had an issue with, but does accept he issued the first blow with a headbutt and that he caused the injuries.
In a victim impact statement written by Mr Murray in October and read by the prosecution, he stated he has undergone two surgeries and expects to have a further knee replacement operation. He also had to leave his part time job as a doorman and has some psychological issues following the attack.
Mahon, of Canterbury Street, Garston, has a previous conviction for wounding in 2000 and for battery in 2017 which also took place on Lark Lane. Michael O’Brien, defending, said his client’s mother has recently suffered a stroke and he helps to take care of her, and he also has a realistic job prospect when he is able to work.
He said: “He does not condone violence or his actions. He took responsibility and expressed remorse, he never set out to blame the complainant.
“He never intended the harm that has clearly been caused to the complainant.” Mr O’Brien also said Mahon has had long stretches of time without committing crimes, and is “clearly capable of living a law abiding lifestyle.”
In sentencing, Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said: “You are a mature man, you were also at one point a trained boxer, and that of course is a sporting activity with discipline at the forefront of its ethos. “What we have seen in this case is quite the opposite.
“It is quite clear from the CCTV footage that within quite literally moments, violence broke out and you fully accept that you started that violence.” Mahon was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment.
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