Two thugs who went on an alcohol-fuelled rampage after being thrown out of a Bury nightclub, have been told by top judges they deserved every day of their jail terms.
Andrew David Corns, aged 31, and Sean Timothy Seamus Chapman, aged 26, were jailed for nine months and six months respectively at Bolton Crown Court in March after they both admitted affray.
The men challenged the length of their jail terms at London’s Criminal Appeal Court, with lawyers arguing the sentencing judge did not take enough account of their personal circumstances.
But both appeals were dismissed by three of the country’s most senior judges, who said their sentences were “not excessive”, given the fact they both had previous convictions for violence.
The court was told Corns and Chapman had been drinking all day with another man in the Blue Lounge bar, in The Rock. When a fight broke out and Corns intervened, he was punched by a woman.
In the resulting “melee”, Corns tried to confront the woman, but was held back by his friends and escorted off the premises.
The judge said people were throwing glasses and bottles at the exit and the doors were locked once the three men were outside.
Corns, of Lime Grove, Heywood, then picked up a metal pole, used to regulate the queue outside the club, and hurled it at a window before kicking the glass. Joining his friend, Chapman, of Hartford Avenue, then grabbed another pole and threw it at the window, with the pair causing £200 damage between them.
They ran from the scene but later returned to the club, where they were arrested.
A probation report concluded that both men were “remorseful” but that their offending demonstrated a “pattern of anti-social and violent behaviour” and raised concerns about their alcohol intake.
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