Mr Guest-Binns had intervened after Glenny argued with staff for not melting his cheese properly. Witnesses said Mr Guest-Binns had been ushering him out of the takeaway when roofer Glenny punched him and hit another man, the court heard.
Joseph Allman, prosecuting, said Mr Guest-Binns fell backwards and, despite several people attempting to resuscitate him, there were no signs of life when paramedics arrived. Tests gave the cause of death as a haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head. Mr Allman said: "It is appalling this incident should have happened over whether cheese had been melted on the defendant's chips."
Glenny admitted having drunk "quite a lot of lager" and spirits and having taken cocaine. The court heard he told police after handing himself in later that day: "I have ruined my life and some family over one punch. A few words have been exchanged, it's just Blackpool, Friday night." Glenny was sentenced to three years and four months for manslaughter and two months for a separate assault which happened on Milbourne Street shortly after the initial attack inside the takeaway.
2 comments:
I'm getting increasingly pissed off with people using drunkenness as an excuse for violent behaviour. In many cultures if you claim drink makes people violent you will encounter incredulous laughter. In most countries it is believed that drink makes you happy and friendly, not aggressive and violent.
It seems that the idea that drink makes you violent is held in Britain and a few other (mostly english speaking) cultures.
Could it be that drink actually increases one's natural tendencies? So people who are generally friendly become more so in drink. People who tend towards belligerence become more aggressive after a few drinks.
I am pretty sure alcohol reduces our self control.
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