Folkestone Gazette
5-10-1977
Local News
A fight between two groups of soldiers outside a
Folkestone pub left a Coldstream Guardsman with a head wound open to the bone
after he was hit in the face with a glass.
Canterbury Crown Court heard on Wednesday that the two
groups of soldiers had been drinking in the Victoria pub, Cheriton. One of the
groups was made up of Green Jackets celebrating their demob, and an alleged
offensive remark to their wives was said to have led to the fight.
Appearing before the Court were Anthony Stevens, 24, of
Ladywood, Birmingham, and Adrian Colin Hughes, 23, of Northolt, Middlesex. Both
denied wounding Guardsman Geoffrey Lloyd with intent to do him grievous bodily
harm and an alternative charge of malicious wounding.
Hughes, who later admitted common assault on Mr. Lloyd,
was formally found Not Guilty of the two wounding charges by the jury on the
direction of the Recorder. Hughes, who now works as a security guard at
Heathrow Airport, was fined £50. The jury found Stevens Guilty of wounding with
intent and he was given a 12-month prison
sentence suspended for two years and ordered to pay £150 compensation to Mr.
Lloyd and £150 costs.
Mr. Jeremy Fordham, prosecuting, said that when the guardsmen left the
pub at closing time last December there was a fight between Hughes and Mr.
Lloyd. Stevens joined in
and punched Mr. Lloyd with a glass in his hand. The fight ended when Mr. Lloyd,
bleeding from the wound which narrowly missed his eye, knocked Hughes over a
wall. Mr. Lloyd
later needed stitches in the wound which was laid open to the bone. Stevens later admitted to police
that he had used a glass.
Still bearing a scar Mr. Lloyd, now serving in Northern Ireland, said he
had drunk seven or eight pints of beer before leaving the pub. He denied making
any provocative remarks to
the Green
Jackets or their wives.
Stevens told the Court he had been celebrating
his discharge from the Army after buying himself out. During the day he had
drunk about 18 pints of beer. He said that Hughes, who told him about the
insult, followed the other group of soldiers when they left and he decided to
go as well. Punches were flying when he got outside and, seeing glass on a window
sill, he picked it up and threw a punch with it, not knowing who he had struck.
“I acknowledge that it must have been me who cut Mr. Lloyd. I very much regret
it. It was something that happened in the heat of the moment. I did not intend
to do him grievous bodily harm”, he told the court.
South Kent Gazette
28-3-1979
Local News
Police are hunting several men who attacked a barman in
Cheriton on Saturday night. But fears that workmen from the M20 motorway
construction site could be responsible have been scotched by both police and
local landlords. The incident happened at 11.10 p.m. in the Victoria public
house, Risborough Lane, when
barman Brian Brown told customers it was time to leave.
A police spokesman said that Mr. Brown, who lives
in Christchurch Road, Folkestone, received a bleeding nose, cut gums and
facial bruising. “Navvies”
from the Danton Lane, Cheriton, motorway site were blamed for the assault
because the assailants had not been identified and one spoke with an Irish
accent.
However, Police Inspector
Peter Ford told the Gazette “We’ve had no trouble at all from the site. If the
situation with site workers continues as it is then we shall be perfectly happy”.
Mr. Brown was unavailable
for comment at the time of going to press but the Victoria’s landlord said
“This is the first time we’ve had trouble in the pub since I came here three
years ago”.
Speculation that motorway
workers could be a possible source of violence was scotched by landlords at: The
White Lion in Cheriton High Street - “So far they’ve been perfectly well
behaved in here”.; The Morehall, Cheriton Road “Nice lads ... no
trouble whatsoever”.; The Nailbox, Shorncliffe Road – “A bit noisy, that`s
all”.; The Cherry Pickers, Ashley Avenue, Cheriton – “We`ve had a few in, but
they`ve been perfectly O.K.”.
Folkestone Herald
27-1-1984
Local News
Regulars at Cheriton’s Victoria pub have raised over £600 to help
severely disabled children. On Friday, landlord Mr. John Darling
presented a £660 cheque to Mr. Steve Atmore, chairman of Eversley House
Parents’ and Friends’ Association. The money will help provide new
bathroom and toilet facilities for the children’s hospital at Seabrook. About £350
was raised over the past year, the main fund raisers being the darts team. The
rest of the money came from tombola and other competitions at the pub on
Friday.
Folkestone Herald
30-9-1988
Local News
A Folkestone seaman who attacked a man who had
upset his girlfriend was bound over for two years and ordered to pay compensation
to his victim at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.
Louis Michael Bennett, 21, of Augusta Gardens, admitted assaulting
Graham Noakes causing actual bodily harm in June. He denied charges of
causing grievous bodily harm and his plea was accepted.
Mr. Martin von Simson, prosecuting, said Mr. Noakes was catering
manager at the Cavendish Hotel and Bennett’s girlfriend worked there as a
waitress. She complained to Bennett about Mr. Noakes` behaviour towards her and
Bennett went to the hotel looking for Mr. Noakes. “He was
not there and Bennett tracked him down to the Victoria pub where he punched him
to the floor. Mr. Noakes was taken to hospital where he had bruises and a cut
to his nose and complained of a broken rib, although this was not confirmed by
medical evidence. When questioned by police Bennett
admitted the attack, saying he lost his temper when Mr. Noakes made a
provocative remark and punched him three times.
Mr. Daniel Matovu, for Bennett, said there was a degree of provocation
but added that the attack was not premeditated. “He intended just giving Mr.
Noakes a verbal warning but hit the other man when he made a remark which in
effect admitted the girlfriend's allegations”.
Folkestone Herald
27-10-1994
Local News
Pub landlord John Darling will be pulling his last pint
at the Victoria pub in Risborough Lane, Cheriton, on October 31. The next day
Mr. Darling, 54, and his wife Teresa, 48, will be pulling their first pints at
the Duke`s Head, in Sellindge. After almost 20 years managing the Victoria, the
couple have decided it is time to move on and run their own pub. “We started
out in a pub at Maidstone and came down here in 1975. We have mixed feelings
about leaving the Victoria. It`s quite sad, but we have good memories and this
is a challenge. We have been managers for Whitbread until now, and with our new
pub we will be self-employed, renting the pub from Whitbread. We wanted to be
in the country and the pub in Sellindge came up, so we put in for it”.
The Victoria is being taken over by Gary and Marilyn
Thrower, who currently run the Mill House at Canterbury.
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