Jordan Shay, 32, left the man unconscious on the ground
09:16, 15 Jan 2026Updated 09:19, 15 Jan 2026
The shocking moment a bouncer knocked a man out behind a nightclub was caught on CCTV.
Jordan Shay battered the victim unconscious outside Sugarmill in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, before putting him in the recovery position and leaving him lying on the ground.
Footage shows the 32-year-old punching and kicking his drunken victim to the point he was knocked out.
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The man is then left stricken on the ground as a woman runs over to check on him. Bystanders then disperse and a man can be seen making a call, StokeonTrentLive reports.
It came after Shay was seen knocking a drink out of the man’s hand on December 22 last year, before his colleague took him around the back of the Brunswick Street venue to the bin yard, where he knew he’d be out of view of cameras.
Shay then joined his colleague as he emerged from the bins with the victim. He then hit him and punched the victim with force, dropping his walkie-talkie.
The court heard the victim bent down to pick up the radio device, and whilst bent over, Shay kicked him in the head which rendered the man unconscious, so he put him in the recovery position at the side of the road before walking off.
At no point did the man retaliate or have the capacity to defend himself against Shay or his colleague.
Shay, of Cleveland Road, Shelton, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The court heard that 'deeply remorseful.' Shay had been struggling with the breakdown of a relationship at the time of the incident.
The defendant was handed a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years.
He must also complete 120 hours of unpaid work in the community, 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, and he will have three-monthly reviews.
Judge Sally Hancox told him: "On December 22 last year during the early hours, the victim was on a Christmas night out with colleagues at The Sugarmill. You were in that capacity as a doorman at the club.
"It appears [the victim] came to the attention of door staff, he was someone who had a lot to drink that evening, as many do when they go out for an evening with friends.
"There was some suggestion he was verbally impolite but there was nothing to suggest from witnesses or the CCTV shown that there were any signs of physical aggression towards the door staff this evening.
"He had his drink knocked out of his hand by you, he made no reaction to you knocking that from his hand.
"CCTV prevents what was taking place behind the stairs and rubbish bins, but your colleague walks [the victim] to that area out of sight and there is no suggestion you were part of that decision to walk [the victim] there or what was taking place.
"You then take a jog to where they travelled and your colleague and [the victim] were coming back into view. Your colleague boxes his ears and makes contact with his head - this clearly came as a shock to [the victim].
“Seemingly from nowhere a decision is taken by you to slap [the victim] to the side of the head, you then punch him with force and his head goes back, and that force causes your own radio to fall from your jacket to the floor.
"He bends to pick up the walkie-talkie and at his most vulnerable point you raise your leg and kick him, your foot connects with his face and the force catapults him from leaning down to falling backwards and he is knocked out.
"A decision is taken by you to put him in the recovery position before you walk away.
“Those given a position of responsibility by virtue of employment to protect people of this city must not be in a position to lose their temper with those they are supposed to protect and attack them in the way you did.
"You abused your position of trust, this was an awful assault that was wholly out of character.”