Three men have been jailed for their roles in a violent brawl that erupted in Nottingham city centre after leaving a nightclub. Dureece Smith, Chris Gerald, and Tionne Loftman were involved in altercations involving weapons and punches, leaving one victim with serious injuries. Footage played in court showed the extent of the violence and the three defendants were sentenced to varying prison terms.
These are the three men jailed for the parts they played after armed gangs staged a running battle through Nottingham city centre. Dureece Smith, Chris Gerald and Tionne Loftman were each part of groups, some of whom wielded knives, during the violence which began after they left the Fusion nightclub in St James’s and spilled out into Old Market Square.
Footage played in court showed weapons brandished and punches thrown as the rivals ran amok in front of other early morning revellers. The CCTV shows 27-year-old Smith flee from a pursuing gang down Exchange Walk where his friend Gerald “blindsides” one of the other men with a savage punch leaving him hospitalised with fractures to his face.
“You approached him from behind and struck him, leaving him with serious injuries - a fractured eye socket, fractured by his nose and a 2cm injury to his left eye socket but thankfully they were not life-changing.” On the clip Smith, of no fixed address, runs from the square down Exchange Walk being chased by a man who has not been prosecuted. Gerald is then seen to follow them both and aim a punch at the victim while holding an item he says was a lighter, in his hand.
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