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The Sun
23-05-2025
- The Sun
Feral beautician hurled racist abuse at bouncer, spat at him & threatened his child after he refused her entry into club
A FERAL beautician hurled racist abuse at a bouncer, spat at him and threatened his child after he refused her entry into a club. Shannon Quinn, 28, had hurled a drink over a man in the queue after arriving at Banff club in Southport drunk. 8 8 A row erupted before mixed race bouncer Ethan Obom, who went to school with the thug, refused her entry to the club. When he asked Quinn to leave, she kicked off - spitting in the dad's face and calling him the N word 25 times. She also threatened to shatter his windows at his home and claimed she would "smash" his child and fiancee's head in. Liverpool Magistrates' Court was told Ethan's fiancee later messaged him to say their front bay windows had been smashed - but Quinn denied this. She pleaded guilty to making threats to damage property, assault and racially aggravated intentional harassment. Quinn was spared jail after the judge heard she lost her mum, grandmother and best friend in the space of a year. In a statement, Ethan said: ''Miss Quinn made threats to smash my windows and a short time later, the windows to my girlfriend's property were damaged. "I am fearful that she will return to my girlfriend's property. If I am not around. I do not know what she will do. "That night I immediately left work as I did not feel it was safe to leave my partner and child in the property on their own." The attack took place on October 27 last year when the dad-of-one was working the doors at Banff. He said the racist abuse caused him "alarm and distress". Ethan added: "Miss Quinn said to me: 'I am going to come to your house and throw a brick through your window. I am going to smash your girlfriend's head in and smash your kid's head in'." The court was told Quinn, who studied hair and beauty at Southport College, had a previous motoring conviction from 2022 for failing to provide a specimen of breath. Her lawyer Alison Sharples said in mitigation she does not accept causing damage to the window but admits making the threat. She added: "The complainant is known to her. as they went to school together. But it is clear more went on than meets the eye. "She is a young woman who has a lot going on dealing with multiple mental health diagnoses. You can see what happened in relation to her mum. "It was absolutely horrific for her to have to deal with that as a young woman. On the day in question she actually said in one of the messages to the complainant, 'I was not myself'. "She accepts that she was drinking to excess and behaved in a manner that was completely unacceptable and wrong. She held her hands up and said 'I know I have done something wrong'." Quinn was handed a 12 month community order with requirements that she complete 20 days of rehabilitation activity. She was also ordered to wear a sobriety tag for 120 days as part of an alcohol monitoring programme. The beautician was slapped with a two year restraining order and was made to pay Ethan £100 in compensation, along with £199 in prosecution costs and surcharge. 8 8 8 8 8
Daily Record
24-04-2025
- Daily Record
West Lothian hotel's leisure club goes the egg-stra mile for children at Easter
Almost 400 children enjoyed a chocolate Easter treat thanks to a hotel in Broxburn. Houstoun House, part of the Macdonald Hotels & Resorts group, collected and donated almost a total of 379 Easter eggs to local families. As part of the four-star hotel's ongoing commitment to supporting local communities, the chocolate eggs were gifted to West Lothian Food Bank, and children's wards at St John's Hospital in Livingston. The chocolate eggs were donated by generous members of Houstoun House's leisure club in the four weeks leading up to Easter weekend. Houstoun House is one of 15 hotels across the Macdonald Hotels & Resorts group which took part in the Easter egg collection, donating more than 1,500 chocolate eggs to food banks and children's charities across the UK. Shannon Quinn, leisure club manager at Houstoun House, said: 'At Houstoun House we're more than just a leisure club, and the success of our Easter egg collection reflects our strong ties to the local community and our ethos of giving back. The generosity of our members, and the dedication of our team, has been warmly received by so many families in the local area this Easter.' Set in 22 acres of woodlands in a secluded spot in Uphall, West Lothian, Houstoun House features 73 luxurious bedrooms, a tranquil spa and fully-equipped leisure club, a fine-dining restaurant located in the historic 16th century tower, and a vaulted bar in the hotel's characterful cellars. For more information about Houstoun House, or to join the leisure club, visit: Don't miss the latest news from the West Lothian Courier. Sign up to our free newsletter here .
