Former Burnley cage fighter in drink-fuelled violence (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Former Burnley cage fighter in drink-fuelled violence
3:00pm Friday 10th August 2012 in Crime news
Philip Palmer
A FORMER cage fighter who hit a man over the head with a chair during a ‘very violent and very nasty’ incident has been jailed for eight months.
Burnley Crown Court heard how ‘agitated’ Philip Palmer, 28, was seen to pick up a heavy wooden chair, repeatedly hit victim Liam Crossley's head and throw punches at him, in the trouble at The Turf Hotel, last October.
Palmer, who pushed a female bouncer to the floor and hit another woman several times in the face, shouted: “I'm Philip Palmer. Do you know who you are dealing with?”
The hearing was told police arrived to find Mr Crossley bleeding profusely from the nose and he had also suffered bumps to his head and cuts. Palmer and his co-defendant David Riley, both said to be ‘heavily intoxicated’, were detained at the scene by police after they watched CCTV footage of the disturbance.
Palmer, of Russell Court, and Riley, 28, of Oporto Close, both Burnley, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm. Palmer, who also pleaded guilty to affray, was sent to jail for eight months.
Riley received four months in prison, suspended for a year, with 140 hours’ unpaid work and must pay £250 compensation. He had no previous convictions.
Stephen Parker, prosecuting, said Mr Crossley and a friend had tried to help when a man appeared to have been assaulted, but the group then turned on them.
The leaseholder of the premises described the incident as ‘very nasty and very violent’ and said he knew Palmer as the defendant’s father was the leaseholder of the pub next door.
Mr Parker said staff members tried to break up the trouble and Palmer pushed the female bouncer and hit another woman.
Police arrived and stopped the defendants at the doors of the pub. A number of others ran away and were never apprehended.
An officer went inside, watched the CCTV footage and both were detained. Both defendants had blood on their clothing, although they were not injured.
The hearing was told the defendants were interviewed by the police and, for the most part, Palmer exercised his right to silence.
When shown the CCTV footage, Riley accepted he was on it.
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Comments (29)
6:28pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
6:36pm Fri 10 Aug 12
johnley says...
9:54pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Chris P Bacon says...
If he'd have asked me if he knew who I was dealing with, I'd have taken great pleasure in confirming that I indeed DID know the big Billy Big-Spuds he wanted to be. He'll struggle to live up to his self-imposed reputation in the big house, that div.
9:59pm Fri 10 Aug 12
ste.g says...
ha ha ha. priceless.never heard of you and if you have to use a wooden stool you aint much of a fighter.
10:16pm Fri 10 Aug 12
johnley says...
7:41am Sat 11 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
.....he must have been suffering from it if he was having to ask somebody what his name was.
7:44am Sat 11 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
I bet you've got butter in your jam at home haven't you?.............pea
sant.
5:15pm Sat 11 Aug 12
johnley says...
5:17pm Sat 11 Aug 12
johnley says...
8:54pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
8:08am Sun 12 Aug 12
Thankgodimoutofit says...
Hang on that was Geoffry Palmer wasn`t it ? Who`s Philip Palmer then ?
12:29am Mon 13 Aug 12
chan79 says...
1:25pm Mon 13 Aug 12
louise69 says...
2:04pm Mon 13 Aug 12
rigamaire says...
3:06pm Mon 13 Aug 12
chan79 says...
3:10pm Mon 13 Aug 12
chan79 says...
7:09pm Mon 13 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
Anyway 1.25 pm what are you doing out of bed? Jeremy Kyle finished hours ago!
7:18pm Mon 13 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
7:19pm Mon 13 Aug 12
chan79 says...
7:46pm Mon 13 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
7:50pm Mon 13 Aug 12
louise69 says...
9:51pm Mon 13 Aug 12
gazzandste says...
10:06pm Mon 13 Aug 12
johnley says...
1:11am Tue 14 Aug 12
Aqua tiling says...
7:45am Tue 14 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
you.
It's ironic that you mention school given your obvious lack of education clearly evident from your appalling use of the English language (wen u wer at school !!!).
Oh and by the way doing community service doesn't actually count as having a job.
1:15pm Tue 14 Aug 12
Aqua tiling says...
3:46pm Tue 14 Aug 12
Angry Bob says...
Before you make comment on any other stories on here you might want to look in the dictionary (that big book with lots of words in it) and look up full stops and commas, your lack of them paints a rather rancid picture of what an unwashed cave dwelling retard you are.
Good look finding a new job following your redundancy from Remploy.
4:37pm Tue 14 Aug 12
Aqua tiling says...
6:50pm Tue 14 Aug 12
johnley says...