A traveller boxer who as soon as boasted he was ‘the following Tyson Fury’ has been jailed once more after discovering himself concerned in a violent brawl with a rival household at a wake.
Dougie Joyce, 36, will discover himself behind bars once more having already served a 19-month sentence for an assault on an defenseless aged man in November 2022.
Joyce and his brother Tom, 27, have been handed the sentences for violent dysfunction by Manchester Crown Courtroom after a surprising incident unfolded within the Vine pub in Collyhurst.
The violence erupted within the pub for about half-an-hour after members of the Joyce and Doherty household clashed within the newest episode of their long-running feud.
The 2 households had attended the pub as a part of a wake following the dying of two younger males who have been a part of the traveller neighborhood on Friday, October 2, 2020.
Dougie Joyce, 36, will discover himself behind bars once more having already served a 19-month sentence for an assault on an defenseless aged man in November 2022
Joyce was handed the sentence for violent dysfunction by Manchester Crown Courtroom after a surprising incident unfolded within the Vine pub in Collyhurst (image taken from the Joyce Household documentary)Â
Two members of the Doherty household have been taken to hospital with ‘vital accidents’, one among whom Tom had struck on the pinnacle with a smashed beer bottle.
Prosecutors defined how bother started at about 5pm, as footage from the pub confirmed indicators of battle and verbal rows earlier than it turned violent about 20 minutes later, with two teams of about 10 younger males forming distinct teams.
At one level Tom Joyce grabbed a bottle of beer contained in the pub and smashed it, earlier than wielding it and placing a member of the Doherty household to the face with it within the pub automotive park, the court docket heard.
He may very well be seen to be ‘lined in copious quantities of blood’, as Tom was then assaulted by others himself.
Joyce additionally smashed a bottle within the construct up, however didn’t use it and dropped it. As a substitute, he armed himself with a plastic pipe and threw it at one other man, prosecutor Constance Halliwell stated.
The injured males have been bundled right into a automotive and brought to the Manchester Royal Infirmary. They refused to supply statements to police, and the 2 Joyces have been interviewed the next yr and answered no remark to questions.
Joyce was handed a 13 month jail time period, whereas Tom was sentenced to 22 months in jail. Each will serve half of their sentences behind bars.
Joyce, who as soon as claimed he’d be the ‘subsequent Tyson Fury’ after turning down a job on actuality TV present My Large Fats Gypsy Wedding ceremony, was already serving a 19 month sentence for inflicting grievous bodily hurt after launching a sickening assault on a 78-year-old man in a pub within the Northern Quarter.
A surprising video of the assault confirmed the traveller and businessman knock the just lately widowed aged man off his chair with three savage blows, earlier than flooring him once more after he bought to his toes.
The assault on the 78-year-old pensioner came about in a metropolis centre pub in Manchester in November 2022
The accidents to the person’s face have been exacerbated by the massive golden pyramid ring Joyce was sporting.
Earlier than the assault, Joyce had confirmed off a glamorous life along with his former air hostess spouse and made an Amazon Prime documentary about his household.Â
He additionally ran a number of profitable enterprise – together with, his naked knuckle boxing promotion firm, a bespoke furnishings vary, activewear firms and his personal whiskey model, Joyce’s Irish WhiskeyÂ
Joyce was as a consequence of be launched from that sentence in a few week, however will seemingly need to serve one other six months behind bars.
The decide famous a ‘sample of violent offending’ in his case when dismissing the enchantment made by Joyce’s lawyer for him to obtain a suspended sentence.
Recorder Karen Ridge stated the footage from the pub depicted ‘the story of the horrors that unfolded’ that day.
The decide stated she accepted there was an ‘factor of provocation’ and that Joyce, a married dad-of-two, had stated he was attempting to guard youthful family members.
Joyce’s barrister Wayne Jackson stated that he admitted smashing a bottle however had an ‘epiphany’ and dropped it, realising his actions have been ‘extremely silly’.
He stated that the footage didn’t present him preventing with anybody.
Joyce pictured driving in a elaborate 4×4 automotive which he usually flaunts on social media
Joyce posted coaching movies on his YouTube channel earlier than he was jailed. He setup 3D Combat Membership in 2021
Joyce additionally has a bespoke furnishings vary, activewear firms and his personal whiskey model, Joyce’s Irish Whiskey
Mr Jackson added: ‘There’s a unprecedented variety of folks concerned on this incident, the one two folks charged on account of that night, although the CCTV is in very clear technicolour, are the 2 defendants within the dock at present.’
He stated that testimonials submitted on Mr Joyce’s behalf described him as ‘upstanding’ and of ‘good ethical standing’, including that he had been concerned with serving to the homeless and with meals banks.
Tom Joyce’s barrister Richard Bridgen stated that his consumer had not been an ‘instigator’ and claimed he was ‘peripheral’ within the fracas.
He stated that Mr Joyce had frolicked in jail for a earlier offence and got here out a ‘modified man’.
Each defence legal professionals appealed for jail sentences to be suspended, however the decide stated the case was too critical, noting that it concerned ‘widespread and enormous scale acts of violence’.
Dougie Joyce, of Quayside Shut, Salford, and Tom Joyce, of Rylstone Avenue, Chorlton, each admitted violent dysfunction.
