A dad-to-be celebrating his child’s gender reveal stabbed a doorman after being told he couldn’t get a drink because he was waiting in a ‘no service’ area.
Luke Allman kicked off at Bask pub near Stockport station on February 23 after drinking 10 pints and taking a ‘modest amount’ of cocaine.
The 26-year-old was kicked out of the pub after chucking a sign at a staff member, but returned 12 minutes later armed with a flick knife.
Allman then stabbed a doorman who was not even involved in the initial fight and shouted ‘I’m going to f***king kill everyone’.
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The 26-year-old had been out drinking with friends following the gender reveal for his first child when his group arrived at Bask, which has since changed management and been rebranded.
He was stood in a ‘no service’ area of the bar and shouting ‘I’ve been waiting here for ages’, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
It all kicked off after a staff members showed him a sign saying customers would not be served in this area, which he threw.
A ‘big scuffle’ then broke out after Allman was asked to leave, with a female security guard being hit in the head.
He then returned to Bask and tried to get inside again.
After being denied entry he then ‘jumped’ at a bounce and seemingly hit him, the court was told.
Four security staff then had to tackle him to the ground and take his flick knife off him.
Staff then realised that a bouncer had been knifed in the abdomen while another was hit around the head and injured his thumb.
The stabbed bouncer told the court in a statement that he thought he was going to die.
He said: ‘I’m normally quite active, but after that moment I am wary of my surroundings and look around a lot more.
‘When people are around I’m scared, worried and anxious. I don’t want to return to door work due to the risk to my safety and other people.’
The female staff said the fight had left her in a psychiatric hospital for two weeks.
She said: ‘I’ve never been so scared and embarrassed in my life.
‘This stupid, unnecessary incident changed my life forever.’
Henry Blackshaw, mitigating, said Allman did not ‘have a clear memory’ of what happened.
He said: ‘He had at least 10 pints of beer and had taken a modest amount of cocaine.
‘We say he was moved in a very heavy handed way and the use of force was unnecessary. He was flung out on his back.
‘Physically hurt, and feeling a sense of grievance at the way he was handled, he wanders up the road and makes the drunken decision to return with a knife and attacks the nearest member of door staff.’
The incident was a ‘disaster’ for Allman’s victims, Allman and his family, Blackshaw added.
Allman has been jailed for nine years having pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and possession of an offensive weapon.
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