EXCLUSIVE: Watch shocking CCTV footage of Wind Street brawl
SHOCKING film of a vicious street brawl has been released by police.
The CCTV footage shows a sickening punch-up on Swansea's Wind Street which resulted in six men appearing in court for what a judge condemned as "thuggish and loutish" behaviour.
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CCTV footage of a brawl in Swanseaâs Wind Street. Following the brawl, six of those involved were charged and convicted of affray.
One of the men is a serving soldier who had been praised for "exemplary service" in Afghanistan.
Now everyone can see exactly what happened on the night, after the Post was handed a copy of CCTV footage of the incident.
The violent film — almost five minutes long — shows an orgy of violence with a stream of punches, kicks and stampings being meted out before the attackers run off, and are dramatically chased-down by police.
Detective Inspector Andy Hughes said: "This was a shocking incident of violence in a public place.
"Tackling violent crime is a priority and the film graphically shows why this is so important."
Six men pleaded guilty to using or threatening unlawful violence in an affray in connection with the incident, which happened in the early hours of December 30 last year.
The dirty half-dozen are — Jamie Day, aged 19, of Penderry Road, Penlan; Stephen Byrne, aged 20, of Bryn Terrace, Landore; Philip Walters, aged 19, of Bohun Street, Manselton; Kevin Sims, aged 20, of Major Street, Manselton; Joshua Arnold, aged 20, of Hollett Road, Treboeth; and Sean Lloyd, aged 20, Manselton.
Day, Byrne, Walters, Sims and Arnold were each made the subject of a 12-month sentence of custody which was suspended for 12 months. Each must also carry out 150 hours of unpaid community work.
But in Lloyd's case the judge said he was prepared to take a "wholly exceptional" course and impose a 12-month community order with an unpaid work requirement of 200 hours because he didn't want to hand-down a sentence that might jeopardise his Army career.
All six defendants were also made the subject of an exclusion order preventing them from visiting licensed premises in Wind Street or The Kingsway until November 30.
The judge, Recorder Lloyd Williams QC, told the men: "This was an appalling piece of public violence. You behaved in a thuggish and loutish manner and have brought considerable shame on yourselves and your families."
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by elliott davis, somerset
Thursday, October 08 2009, 4:49PM
“Silly little boys, all big and hard fighting in a pack... one on one not so hard i think... glad to see swansea has not changed since my days 1995 - 1999...”
by Dunno, Swansea
Wednesday, October 07 2009, 3:36AM
“Say what you want about the behaviour of the people involved but the fact of the matter is if the Police officers who attended the scene wr anywhere near fit then the guilty parties would have been caught. Its an absolute disgrace that the Police woman runs about 50 yards then gives up. We pay taxes for people who can not do their job to a decent standard. Lets be honest there is no way in hell those guys should have escaped arrest. Public services in this country are an absolute joke.”
by J, Swansea
Friday, July 17 2009, 7:22AM
“Makes me proud to live in Swansea.....NOT! I know nothing about this but it seems to be the same guy kicking it all back off again all the time. Good upbringing someone said? I doubt it, no offence! Or they wouldnt do it...and then run away! Would people be so quick to defend these boys if one of the people they hit had died? Because it happens! Fights happen, but to repeatedly keep going back for more is just pathetic!!!”
by helsbells, castell nedd
Thursday, July 16 2009, 8:07AM
“we shouldnt tolerate any sort of violence no matter whose fault whose this whose that...they should be sent to boot camp for 3 months or maybe they like to be in the real world and out there on front line in afghanistan that will open their eyes....we have to stamp violence out.”
by swansea anon, swansea
Thursday, June 11 2009, 7:59PM
“all you people jugdeing these boys on this one fight get a grip.i happen to know these boys .they are very decent boys with a good upbringing .dont judge them just form the area they are from.not every body is the same.you never know it could be your son or daughter . james from langland manselton treboth are not estates so get it right.u dont know these boys.pamela yet again from langland you dont know these boys either.what happened that night is totally out of character for them all.nobody knows what was said or what happened inside the club,so how can anybody judge.these boys dont go out looking for trouble yes it got out of hand and yes they got their punishment.but what about those others who you never know might have started all this they got away scott free.they may not be so lucky next time.the door men should not have let them all out at the same time how stupid is their actions.they would have known it would kick off out side.liz swansea have you been into swansea on a weekend i doubt it.i go most wkends its very rare we see any trouble .there is always a lot of police presence .the majority of people of all sorts of ages are out to enjoy and have a good time.all you cynics out there leave these boys alone .5 minutes of madness do not make them a criminal.there are worse things happening in this world than a few boys having a fight and im sure they are not happy with what happened .but would just like to get on with their lives and their jobs.believe me i wouldnt be ashamed if any one of these boys were my son just because of what happened for 5 min out of their 20 yrs.i wouldnt be pleased because it was terrible to watch .but who knows how anyone would react if you were caught up in something like this.leave them be they are good decent lads.”