Man poured petrol over pub customers
Nottinghamshire PoliceA man who poured petrol over customers at a pub he had been barred from has been jailed.
Nottinghamshire Police said David Shaw walked into The Butter Cross, in Market Place, Bingham, with two cans of petrol on 15 June 2023 and threw petrol on the floor and at a couple in their 80s.
Shaw, 42, of Thornfield Way, Aslockton, pleaded guilty to affray and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He was jailed for two years at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
Shaw, who had been barred from the pub the previous day, had also made threats to burn the premises down.
Police said they arrested Shaw after tracking his van to another pub near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
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