Suspended Sentence After Pub Assault & Damage in Market Harborough

A Leicester man who assaulted a member of staff and damaged a door at a Market Harborough pub has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Luke Keeber, 35, of Bloomfield Road, changed his pleas to guilty to several offences relating to incidents at The Roebuck, off Rockingham Road, and a property elsewhere in the town on September 26th.

The charges included criminal damage to the pub’s exterior door, valued at £800, common assault against a staff member, and using threatening or abusive behaviour with the intention of causing fear of, or provoking, violence.

Keeber also admitted using violence to gain entry to a property in the town, knowing someone was inside who opposed his entry. A separate charge related to criminal damage to a Honda Jazz car.

Magistrates in Leicester sentenced him to 22 weeks in prison, suspended for two years.

The court said the offences were serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence and were aggravated by domestic abuse.