Barred father is jailed for attack on West Bromwich pub landlord
A father-of-two threw a glass at the head of a landlord who had banned him from the pub in West Bromwich and then attacked him again, a court was told.
Andrew Welcome, aged 43, of Pemberton Road, Hill Top, West Bromwich, who worked as a security officer and was also a scaffolder, first told licensee Kalbir Singh Jassar, whose nickname is Bob: "You can't ban me – I will keep coming back to terrorise you."
Welcome admitted assault causing actual bodily harm to Mr Jassar, landlord at the Hen and Chickens, Hill Top, and was jailed for 14 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Judge John Wait told him: "You were barred because of your past aggressive behaviour in the pub. But, in drink, you went in and you were challenging the licensee to throw you out again.
"The assault was one where a glass was used as a weapon and the injury was serious."
Mr Nicholas Burn, prosecuting, said Welcome, who was known by the nickname "Chunny", used to be friends with Mr Jassar but had been banned about two months before the assault after complaints from other customers about his "aggressive" behaviour.
Despite being banned, Welcome came into the bar carrying a half pint glass which appeared to contain his "favourite tipple" – whiskey.
He threw the drink and then the glass at the licensee, striking him on the side of his head, causing a wound which bled.
"Because of the amount of blood coming down he couldn't see what was going on," added Mr Burn.
Mr Jassar, who had suffered a deep cut to his forehead, was telephoning police when Welcome punched him on the side of his face.
Following a scuffle, Mr Jassar, who also suffered a fractured little finger on his left hand, managed to pin Welcome to the floor.
Mr Bernard Porter, defending, said the last time Welcome had been in trouble for assault was in July 1991.
He had been a regular at the Hen and Chickens for a number of years before being banned.
Mr Porter added Welcome had been out drinking in the West Bromwich area because he had recently lost his father, and was the "worse for wear". After being dropped off nearby, he "stupidly" went into the Hen and Chickens.
"He was carrying with him a small amount of Southern Comfort and threw the contents of the glass and then the glass itself," he said.
Welcome was described as being a "family man", who had been with his partner for 22 years. "He is deeply ashamed of what he did," said Mr Porter.
