A pub doorman has won his appeal against a jail sentence.

But, at the same time, a judge at Chelmsford Crown Court told Craig Clements he should stick with his job with a demolition contractor as he was "not suitable" for the security business.

Clements, 22, of Queensland Drive, Colchester, had been jailed for four months by Colchester magistrates after he admitted a charge of using threatening and abusive behaviour.

But he appealed against the sentence and a judge at Chelmsford Crown Court substituted the jail term with a £150 fine.

The appeal heard the incident Clements was involved in was at the Wig and Pen pub in Colchester High Street at lunchtime on August 15 this year where along with another doorman - Paul Wardle - he evicted a man called Andrew Farrow from the pub.

Both doormen were off-duty at the time and Clements had no powers in Colchester as he worked in Ipswich but they knew Farrow had been banned from all the pubs in Colchester which employed Powerhouse Security door staff, the appeal heard.

Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said there was a violent struggle between the three men before police were called.

After he was arrested, Clements was asked by police if he had received any training and if he knew the meaning of "reasonable force" when dealing with members of the public.

"His response seemed to indicate that the meaning has not registered with this individual as to what reasonable force is," Mr Jackson said.

He also told the hearing Wardle, 31, of East Street, Colchester, had his four-month jail sentence quashed at an appeal hearing last week. The court substituted a £140 fine.

Wardle's doorman's licence is currently suspended as Mr Jackson said he is regarded as a violent individual who is not suitable to deal with members of the public.

Judge Ben Pearson, sitting with two magistrates, upheld the appeal but he pointed out to Clements he did not think the security business was a suitable job for him.

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