??/??/?? - PROOF OF EVIDENCE - Barry Chart

I, BERNARD PATRICK KING (aka O'Mahoney), of Basildon in the County of Essex WILL SAY AS FOLLOWS:

1) I live at Basildon in the County of Essex on my own which is a three bedroomed rented house. I have lived there for the past four years. I was employed as a doorman by Rainbird Security. I work at Raquels, The Buzz Bar and was a head doorman there for five years. I have now had to give up work and claim sickness benefit because of a nervous disorder.

2) I am under suspicion in relation to matters of criminal damage and affray which took place during January of 1995. On that day I was on duty at the Buzz Bar as usual together with my co-doorman, Gaven Spicer. There was trouble that evening however as a firm of doormen who were trying to make inroads in to the work in Basildon came up from Mile End specifically in order to cause trouble. They entered the Buzz Bar and started being abusive to staff and customers.

It was not too bad and fairly quiet at first but it became worse. At 11 o'clock, it was closing time in any event and I asked one of the doormen to leave. As I was escorting him out of the premises down some stairs, I felt a sharp blow to the back of my head as I was struck behind by an assailant. I believe Gaven Spicer was also struck, there was a general fight or melee on the stairs.

A number of people fell down the stairs there was a struggle I did not know exactly what happened I tried to get people out of the building apart from the blow to the back of my head which caused the bruise, I did not receive any other injuries but one of the trouble makers received a broken arm and a suspected broken rib.

The trouble makers with the exception of the one that was injured and customers were ushered out of the premises and I left the premises after locking up at about 11.20 am together with Gavin Spicer and two female promoters that work with Raquels. I believe all of this is captured upon video camera including my leaving the club.

3) Apparently later on, in the early hours of the following morning at about 1 o'clock or so there was a further disturbance near Raquels during which an innocent bystander or a supposedly innocent bystander had his Fiesta car, (I believe), had the windscreen and side window smashed by two people, one of whom he claims is me.

I can say that at no time did I damage that car, nor was I part of any criminal activity on that night. I am now required to attend an ID parade at 4.30 on the 2nd of March next and have agreed to stand on the parade/group identification on that day.

4) I do have previous convictions but not now for 8 years or so. I have had good relations with the police and have enjoyed steady employment without trouble in my job as doorman for the past five years. I am now in receipt of sickness benefit of £45-58 per week as a result of this nervous disorder although I have suffered now for some time which has now become sufficiently bad to prevent me from working.

5) I will be able to give a fuller proof of evidence if that should be necessary once I have attended the ID parade and after my solicitor has received advance disclosure should the matter come to it.

6) I believe I am likely to be picked out at the ID parade because the person that alleges I damaged their car is either Green or Williams, I am not sure which but he is a man that has been banned from the club for assaulting his girlfriend in the club. Although I was not personally responsible for throwing him out of the club on the night in question because I was the head doorman, everything comes down to my responsibility.

The girlfriend has already visited me at the club and apologised for the behaviour of her boyfriend and indicated to me that she believed that the boyfriend had made these allegations against me in order to get his own back on me for being banned from the club. It is for these reason I believe that he claimed that I have damaged his car and as he knows me as the doorman, he should be able to pick me out on that day in question.

I will not give an interview to the police as I believe DC Palmer has tunnel vision and has already made up his mind that I am a guilty party and I have no intention of speaking to him because of his attitude.

Bernard Patrick King (aka O'Mahoney)