Thug hit doorman with glass bottle

HE THEN BLAMED ATTACK ON HIS DEAD BROTHER

- By KRISTY DAWSON

A MIDDLESBROUGH man violently attacked a doorman before blaming it on his brother.

Stephen Leadbeater threw multiple punches at the man’s head, struck him with a glass bottle and bit him on the chest.

The 42-year-old also stamped several times on his head and hit him over the head with a pint glass during the attack in 2021.

When he was identified as being the attacker, he claimed it was his brother - who looked similar but who died in 2022.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the door supervisor was attacked by Leadbeater while he was working at Longlands Social Club in Middlesbrough on the night between July 31, 2021 and August 1, 2021.

Cainan Lonsdale, prosecuting, said the victim had been asking people to drink up and was clearing drinks from tables. When he reached the table of another male, a scuffle broke out. The prosecutor said Leadbeater ran from his seat to get involved and threw multiple punches to his head. He told the court: “He picked up a bottle and hit him with it.