Club shares blame for assault

A nightclub is as responsible for a “heinous” assault as the “private army” it employed as security on its premises, a judge has decided.

Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke said Triglen Holdings, trading as Krystle Nightclub, had “engaged and let loose a private army”, a member of which had assaulted Elaine Bennett, 28.

Judge Groarke had already awarded Ms Bennett €15,000 damages for injuries suffered at the club on New Year’s Eve 2014 but had been asked to decide whether P&B Security Services Ltd (now in liquidation) or Krystle should pay.