Posted on 05/05/2008 7:04:28 PM PDT by joan
A GROUP of doormen stamped and kicked a man to death after refusing him entry into a club for looking too young, a court heard on Monday.
Lee Rayner, 30, of Franklin Road, Hornchurch, who was due to get married, was beaten and trampled as he lay helpless on the ground following a confrontation with doormen at the Opium Lounge in North Street, Romford, on June 16 last year.
The blows were so savage his skull was almost fractured in half and he later died from brain damage.
Doormen Johnives Kalu, 23, and Albanian Rustem Geca, 24, are standing trial at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of Mr Rayner.
Other doormen from the club have already pleaded guilty to attacking Mr Rayner's brother John, 21, who was also badly beaten in St Edwards Way.
The court heard the brothers were on a night out with four of their friends and by the time they got to the Opium Lounge, they were drunk. Prosecutor Anthony Leonard QC said: "Lee Rayner and his friend had queued to get into the club and when they got there the doormen asked if they were 21. They couldn't produce anything other than a banker's card and as a result were refused entry.
"Because they were in fact aged 27 and 30, this caused some resentment."
The court heard the group began to argue and shout at the bouncers and one - believed to be Lee Rayner - spat at female bouncer Charlotte Paul.
"That was the catalyst which prompted the gathering of the doormen," said Mr Leonard.
Although Mr Rayner's group then left and made their way down St Edwards Way, the furious doormen decided to avenge their female colleague, the court heard.
"Geca was particularly angry about the spitting and one of the other doormen had had to usher him into the club to get him away," said the prosecutor.
The court was told Geca and Kalu rounded up other doormen from the bar and set off in pursuit of Mr Rayner and his friends.
They eventually caught up with them in St Edwards Way, a few minutes later, it was said.
The prosecutor said: "Lee Rayner and his friends scattered as soon as they saw the doormen. Both brothers were attacked. John Rayner fell to the ground and was kicked and punched.
"At almost the same time his brother was attacked. Geca punched him twice in the head. Kalu then kneed him in the stomach and he fell to the ground.
"While on the ground his head was submitted to such force that it caused his skull to fracture almost the entire circumference. By far the most likely cause was that his head was stamped on."
The court heard how John Rayner escaped his attackers and ran to help Lee. He found his brother unconscious, blood pouring from his eyes and head.
John Rayner was attacked by Samuel Davison, 38, from Barking, and part-time doorman and postman Andrew Houchelli, 37, of Pettits Lane, Romford, who have since pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm and will be sentenced at the end of the trial.
Kalu, from Beckton, and Geca, from Dagenham, deny murder. The trial continues.
BUMP!
Don’t spit on doormen
This is just disturbing.
"Geca was particularly angry about the spitting and one of the other doormen had had to usher him into the club to get him away," said the prosecutor. The court was told Geca and Kalu rounded up other doormen from the bar and set off in pursuit of Mr Rayner and his friends.Wish they'd lock up the Albanian animal for a long time, but instead they will coddle him and he will be out, even if convicted, in a few years.They eventually caught up with them in St Edwards Way, a few minutes later, it was said.
The prosecutor said: "Lee Rayner and his friends scattered as soon as they saw the doormen. Both brothers were attacked. John Rayner fell to the ground and was kicked and punched.
"At almost the same time his brother was attacked. Geca punched him twice in the head. Kalu then kneed him in the stomach and he fell to the ground.
"While on the ground his head was submitted to such force that it caused his skull to fracture almost the entire circumference. By far the most likely cause was that his head was stamped on."
The court heard how John Rayner escaped his attackers and ran to help Lee. He found his brother unconscious, blood pouring from his eyes and head.
A multi cultural paradise.
This is not an Albanian problem. It’s an English gang and alcohol problem. There have been quite a few drunks who have kicked or punched respectable and innocent people to death recently. Nationality had nothing to do with this murder.
isn’t diversity wonderful ? the UK is a real melting pot now
Pair took revenge on club's doormen (Albanian attackers)
TWO friends who took revenge on nightclub doormen after being thrown out have been banned from the premises and handed suspended jail sentences.
Besim Dobrushi, 23, and 21-year-old Dritan Canaj were ejected from the Soul Tree Club, in Cambridge city centre, late on November 19 after a fight broke out. But the friends, who were drunk, were intent on taking their anger out on the bouncers at closing time, the city's crown court was told.
Dobrushi - who punched a barman before being thrown out - and Canaj waited outside and, after getting into a row with doormen, took turns wielding a spanner at them.
During a melee as clubbers were leaving, two doormen received minor injuries, Sara Walker, for the prosecution, told the court.
Dobrushi, an Albanian who lives in High Street, Great Cambourne and works as a guard on a building site, and Canaj, a Kosovan of Harvey Goodwin Gardens, Cambridge, both admitted a charge of affray.
Passing sentence, Judge Anthony Bate said: "The injuries received were relatively superficial, but the most serious aspect of this was your willingness to arm yourselves at the scene with a spanner."
He imposed an exclusion order on both men, banning them from the club, and sentenced each to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, as well as 150 hours of unpaid community work and 18 months probation supervision.
Dobrushi, who was in breach of a previous four-month suspended sentence imposed by magistrates last year for an assault on a woman in the city's market square, was given an additional 90 hours' community work to carry out.
The suspension of the custodial element of the previous sentence was also extended to two years.
I ain't yet read of an ethnic Serb (who number greater in Britain) being involved in any violent attack on the Brits or any brothels there.
And yeah there are gangs, criminals and scumbags in Brit, but the Albanians seem to gravitate towards these people and are often in their groups too.
There'd definitely be fewer Albanians with anger management problems.
No need for guns in this hell hole. Just a swift kick will do the work of a gun and it is cheaper.
So much for Utopian gun control.
I wonder exactly how St. Edwards delivered his beatings.
“..the UK is a real melting pot now”
Not more so than the US is.
There's rather a spate of Albanian anger management problems revealed in the UK news lately. But don't expect that to stop the Britain and British in general with pushing the Albanian agendas over the Serbs, as the Brits have done the last decade:
Worker ran colleague over - and knocked him out with broom
Published Date: 02 May 2008
By Rob Middleton
A fork-lift truck driver who knocked out a work colleague with a broom at a Northampton distribution warehouse has been jailed.
Fation Limaj, 27, was employed at the Morrisons warehouse in Swan Valley, Northampton, when he got involved in a row with co-worker Mohamed Warssame, on June 26, last year.
Rebecca Wade, prosecuting at Northampton Crown Court, said the argument started after Limaj had run over Mr Warssame's foot with his fork-lift truck.
She said: "The argument was thought to have finished so Mr Warssame got on his fork lift truck and was picking up a load from one of the aisles when he saw the defendant and had to do an emergency stop.
"The defendant then took a broom and hit him over the head, causing him to fall to the floor."
Mr Warssame was knocked out briefly and suffered a fractured finger and a six-centimetre cut which left a scar on his head.
Limaj, a Kosovan [one of the dear Kosovans which Clinton "saved" according to the liberal press] of Thorn Hill, Briar Hill pleaded guilty to inflicting actual bodily harm and was jailed for 10 months.
Judge Richard Bray said: "I have to sentence you for violence against a fellow employee who you ran over, then hit him with a broom. There must be a custodial sentence."
Tony Davies, mitigating, said Limaj had previously been stabbed in the eye, losing the sight, which had made him over-react to perceived threats.
Limaj had previously been stabbed in the eye, losing the sight, which had made him over-react to perceived threats.
So he has a history of getting into violent fights and perhaps it was a fellow Albanian who stabbed him in the eye.
I have to agree. This thing transcends nationality.
So what’s the penalty for murder in the UK? Ten years?
Ten years ago I was in Italy and told that the the Italian mob was afraid of the Albanians who had taken over all the vice rackets --- drugs and hookers. They considered the Albanians crazy and to be avoided.
More seriously, these guys need to spend a great deal of time behind bars.
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