From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Jade Edwards, 30 November 2015.
Lee Terry, from Rainham, has arm broken 'while being thrown out of Jolly
Knight pub' in Rochester.
A dad-of-two claims his arm was broken while being thrown out of a pub
in front of his wife.
Lee Terry, 36, from Rainham, has had to have metal pins and plates
inserted after an incident at the "Jolly Knight" in Rochester High Street
last Saturday night.
Mr Terry said he was drinking with his wife Alyson, his cousin Amy, and
her friends, when they were told to leave as the pub was closing.
Lee Terry suffered various injuries including a black eye.
He insisted he would finish his drink and leave, but claims he was not
given a chance.
Mr Terry said: “I was standing with my wife and my cousin at the bar
having a nice conversation.
“I had about 20 to 30ml – about a mouthful – left. There were people
behind me with full pints.”
He said he was thrown outside before being punched and “kicked like
football” while his wife tried to pull his attackers off. The pub has
denied the claims that he was assaulted by door staff.
But Mr Terry said his injuries have had a traumatising effect on his
children. “When my children Amelia, seven, and Louie, three, saw me they
started crying,” he said.
“My daughter has had a few days off school and has had to have police
counselling. She won’t leave my side.
“You can’t do that to people. I was lucky.”
Mr Terry, a bricklayer, will not be able to work for 12 to 15 weeks due
to his broken arm. He also has a broken rib, a black eye and cuts and
grazes all over his body.
The manager of the Jolly Knight, who was not there at the time of the
incident and did not wish to be named, denied the bouncers attacked Mr
Terry.
He said: “There was an incident outside. The police are dealing with it.
“It was a normal Saturday night and the door staff asked the gentleman
to leave.”
A police spokesman said: “Police were called at 1.22am on Sunday,
November 22, to a report of a disturbance at a public house in High
Street, Rochester.
"A 51-year-old man, from Chatham, has been arrested on suspicion of
assault and has been bailed until January 13, 2016 pending further
inquiries."
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