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Alcohol binge lands scaffolder in court

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A court heard that Tilehurst man, Paul Shurvill, ran amok at a bowling club after a three-day alcohol spree

A TILEHURST man ran amok at a Calcot bowling club, hurling a basketball down the lane and ripping cladding from the walls, Newbury magistrates heard recently. Twenty-five-year-old Paul Shurvill, of Wendover Way, had been on a three-day alcohol spree, the court was told.

Claire French, prosecuting, said: “The duty manager saw the defendant shouting and swearing with a group of males. He then began kicking a basketball down the bowling aisle and then ripped casing from the wall in the reception area.
“Police were called and Mr Shurvill told officers he had been drinking since the previous Friday.”
Mr Shurvill, a scaffolder who has previous convictions for unrelated matters and has been cautioned twice for causing criminal damage, admitted damaging the wall at Reading Megabowl in Calcot on February 2 this year.

Martin Hennessy, defending, said his client had “essentially given up drinking for a number of years” before the incident but had been celebrating with friends.  He added: “He is very remorseful.”

Presiding magistrate David Ball warned Mr Shurvill: “This is going to have been an expensive night out.”
Mr Shurvill was fined £75 and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £85 costs plus £15.

Via: www.newburytoday.co.uk

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