Seacroft Tesco: Leeds safety guard left ‘unable to work’ as buyer broke his nostril after his nephew requested to go away

Christopher Michael Peter Connolly confronted the employee after Connolly’s nephew was requested to go away Seacroft Hypermarket on July 18, 2020.

He was seen on CCTV gesturing in direction of the worker and elevating his palms. The guard then punched Connolly first and a combat ensued with the person who suffered a damaged nostril. He was unable to proceed working in safety and misplaced his job.

Showing at Leeds Crown Courtroom, Connolly admitted a cost of inflicting grievous bodily hurt. The 51-year-old additionally admitted to assaulting a police officer after he was known as to his residence on Morris Lane in Kirkstall on June 7 final yr to studies he was shouting and swearing on the street. When an officer tried to arrest him, a combat broke out they usually each ended up on the bottom, with Connolly banging the officer’s head in opposition to the bottom.

The Pava spray was ultimately used to suppress Connolly and put him in handcuffs. The courtroom was informed by prosecutor Susannah Proctor that he additionally admitted a 3rd cost of inflicting racially aggravated alarm or misery after telling a Polish neighbor close to his former residence that he ought to return to his personal nation. The pair had been well mannered to one another, however relations soured following arguments over Connolly enjoying loud music.

Connolly has 17 convictions for 42 prior offenses together with ABH, brawling and public order. Mitigating, Ian Hudson stated Connolly had an extended 16-year hole in his offenses and that the latter offenses all got here in a brief interval. He stated he now has secure lodging which has stored him out of hassle for the previous 18 months.

He added: “He appears to have gone off the rails, and there’s a reference to his chaotic way of life and a homelessness challenge. He’s somebody who desires to alter. »

The choose, Recorder Keir Monteith KC, sentenced him to 74 weeks in jail, suspended for 2 years, with 20 days of rehabilitation. 200 hours of unpaid work and a three-month curfew to maintain him at residence between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.