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Folkestone Herald 9 October 1987.
Local News.
Wine bar boss Jason Anthony has been found dead at his home. Neighbours
alerted police after hearing loud music from his flat all night and
through the morning. Officers found Mr. Anthony, 26, slumped in a chair
at the flat in Broadmead Road, Folkestone, last Thursday. Results of a
post mortem have been postponed pending further tests and an inquest has
been ordered.
Anthony and former girlfriend and business partner, Diane Bryant, opened
Ritzy's Wine Bar in Sandgate Road in 1985 on the premises of the former
wine merchant's, Lukey's. But the business venture turned sour when Miss
Bryant, 30, and Anthony ended their relationship. Anthony appeared
before Folkestone Magistrates in January charged with causing Miss
Bryant actual bodily harm. He admitted smashing a glass dish over his
former partner's head, punching her in the mouth, poking fingers in her
eyes and repeatedly punching her. He was fined £150 plus £20 costs. At
the time Anthony commented “I am extremely sorry for what I have done –
words cannot change the past”.
Last month Mr. Anthony was with six men arrested by Dover police
climbing the White Cliffs near Dover Castle and tunnels into the former
Regional Seat of Government, contained in the cliffs. In the incident an
unnamed 26-year-old Folkestone man fell down the cliff. It has since
been confirmed that the injured man was Mr. Anthony. He was taken to
hospital before police officers could question him.
At the time of his death Mr. Anthony was manager of the Fifth Avenue
wine bar, the successor to Ritzy’s in Sandgate Road. When he appeared in
court earlier this year magistrates were told that while no longer
holding a financial interest in the business, Mr. Anthony had been
re-employed in the renamed business as a manager.
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