Man's Water Fight Leads to Fine, Fine

0:00A 42-year-old man from Leicester smashed a bar window with a brick after getting drenched by a bucket of water from staff. This happened on April 4th, outside Sylphie's bar in the city center. Mitchell Rye impleted Guilty to criminal damage and got hit with a 40-pound fine, plus 100 pounds in compensation, too. Fixed the glass. He claims he was just chilling in the doorway, rolling a cigarette when a worker nudged him to move along. That sparked a row, and next thing, waters dumped all over him. Rye showed up around 4 p.m. that afternoon, after calls about him yelling at folks outside. Rye's got 39 prior offenses, but his lawyers stressed they're all from 2018 or earlier, and he stayed out of trouble since. The defense painted it as a heat of the moment reaction to feeling disrespected and soaked. In court, Rye didn't hold back, asking the judges straight up why the punishment seemed fair when he was the one who got wet first. Magistrates stuck to their call anyway, cases like this show how quick tempers can lead to real costs, even if you feel justified in the moment.

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