Liverpool clubber awarded compensation after losing part of testicle in doorman attack

Nov 26 2012 by John Siddle, Liverpool Echo

He awarded Mr Edgar £5,000 compensation.

Judge Gilmour handed a 12-month jail sentence to Whitby, who is no longer a doorman due to ill health, suspended for two years.

He was also given a 12-month community order.

Steve McNally, defending Whitby, who described the kick as a “languid flick” said: “There is clear remorse and regret expressed by Mr Whitby, moreover sympathy for the injury sustained by Mr Edgar.”

Leary was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, and told to do 200 hours’ unpaid work.

Barrister Lloyd Morgan said his client had “shown shame for his involvement in this incident and genuine remorse as well”.

Flaherty, of Talland Close, Halewood, pleaded guilty on a written basis of fact that he was responsible for kneeing the victim but did not land the blow to the groin.

Judge Gilmour expressed to the court his surprise that both Flaherty and Leary had been allowed to continue working at a bar which “continues to employ people who have pleaded guilty to assaulting a customer”.

Flaherty was handed a 12-month community order and told that he must carry out 200 hours’ unpaid work.

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