A one-eyed biker warned his former pal that he would kill his canine after which beat him over the top with the carcass.
Damian Dennis Barlow, 46, of Herne Bay, made the vile remarks to Michael Sheehan forward of a deliberate brawl between the 2 males by the city’s iconic clock tower.
Although the pair had been life-long mates and fellow motorheads, a court docket heard that they’d fallen out over an exhaust pipe restore – and that Barlow had subsequently despatched vengeful WhatsApp messages.
Prosecuting, Dylan Bradshaw learn out messages that the South Road resident had despatched to Mr Sheehan on November 26, 2022.
“You told my family that you were going to stab me in the throat and put my other eye out, ” mentioned Mr Bradshaw, quoting Barlow’s messages.
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“The next time I see your face I will break your dog’s neck and beat you with the carcass.
“Bring your rat, your dog, your pig and you had better insure them all.
“Don’t let me down because there’s a lot of people that want to see this, so don’t make yourself look a **** and not turn up again – you’re the butter of every biker joke at the moment.”
Mr Bradshaw remarked himself: “Some of the messages don’t make a great deal of sense”.
He then continued to recite Barlow’s messages: “I think it’s a funny rat dog chicken and a pig, you’d better get a tracker fitted I can find in the bottom of a river f***ing melt.
“You’re going to prove to the whole of the biker gang that you’re the biggest country-goer.”
Barlow appeared at Margate Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday wearing beige chinos and a brown leather-based jacket over a black hoodie.
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The bench allowed him to take a seat on a chair behind his solicitor, Alan Balneaves, slightly than within the dock.
“I’ve asked him to smile but I think he probably looks worse when he smiles…”
Barlow pleaded responsible to speaking a threatening message.
“My client says that he has to say what’s in his heart, but he knows that’s not always what’s best,” mentioned Mr Balneaves.
“Like a small dog, he probably barks a lot more than he needs to, but deep down he’s a nice chap who loves motorbikes more than people – part of their argument is all about an exhaust pipe of all things.
“And he may look a bit rough and ready. I’ve asked him to smile but I think he probably looks worse when he smiles.
“What you can’t miss is that he has only got one eye. He was involved in an incident when someone stamped on his one eye and he is now partially blind.”
Mr Balneaves went on to elucidate that Barlow despatched the offensive messages as a result of he’s delicate about his one remaining eyeball.
“He doesn’t mind about sticks and stones but what he does care about is losing that eye,” he argued.
“He’s not very good at talking. I think there are also some mental health issues. The dog that he refers to is a dog that he brought up himself along with Mr Sheehan and he knew him from a puppy.”
The solicitor advised the bench that his consumer was sorry for the messages and that he needed to “bury the hatchet”.
“I’m going to suggest a conditional discharge and a restraining order and that everyone sorts out their own bikes, goes their own separate ways and look after their own dogs,” added Mr Balneaves.
The magistrates then retired briefly to contemplate their verdict.
“We have take into account the guilty plea, albeit on the day of the trial,” mentioned chairman of the bench David Graeme.
“For this offence there will be a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months. So there will be no punishment today but if you commit another offence you will be brought back to court and sentenced and this one.
“There will also be a restraining order for 12 months for no direct or indirect contact between yourself and Michael Sheehan.”
Barlow was additionally made to pay £85 kilos in prices and a £26 sufferer surcharge.
He appeared exasperated when the monetary penalties have been introduced however agreed full cost could be made inside 56 days.
