A nightclub general manager believed he was going to die when he was threatened with a broken bottle by two men who laid in wait after being ejected from the club earlier.
Father and son, James and Scott Hill, both admitted grievous bodily harm in September 2022, when they appeared at Grimsby Crown Court.
James Hill was the driver of a car which caused the deaths of two 13-year-old girls, on May 18, 2003, on the A46 in the Grimsby area. He was jailed that year for nine years. Aged 30 at the time, the driver was three times the drink drive limit when he was racing another driver on the A46 Laceby bypass. Hill lost control and struck the two girls.
He has now been back in court where prosecutor, Richard Butters, told how a Scunthorpe nightclub’s general manager had required surgery to fit a new right shoulder due to the injuries as a result of the attack in the car park near The Light, at the corner of Oswald Road and Doncaster Road.
James Hill, 51, of Day Close, Keadby, and his son, Scott Hill, 22 of Millfield, Barton, were captured on CCTV following the general manager and a female colleague to the car park. He was chased and tripped and fell to the ground where he was repeatedly punched by both men.
He escaped for a moment but they again caught up with him and punched him. A bottle of vodka being carried in a bag by one of the men, slipped and fell to the ground. The smashed bottle was then picked up and used to threaten the club manager.
Mr Butters said: “He thought they were going to kill him.” He added the attack was stopped when a Good Samaritan stepped in and pushed the two men off their victim.
Reading from the manager’s victim impact statement, he said: “He thought he was going to die.” He added he had suffered panic attacks and nightmares since the brutal assault. The injured man underwent surgery in June this year to have a replacement shoulder fitted.
For Scott Hill, Katherine White said the attack was short-lived and her client had not committed any offences prior to the violence nor anything since. He was of previous good character. For his father, James Hill, defence barrister, Craig Lowe said it had not been a prolonged or persistent attack.
Recorder Taryn Turner it had been an “appalling episode” in the car park. She added the nightclub general manager had been trying to maintain law and order to protect his customers when the father and son were ejected from the club.
She said: “There is an element of persistence. You laid in wait as he was making his way home.”
She imposed prison sentences of 18 months, suspended for two years for both the father and son. She ordered Scott Hill to do 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days. The Recorder said the general manager deserved compensation and recommended he take advice for proceedings.
Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe