Scunner, I am not defending any particular establishment as I said in my post I use most of them and have never been subjected to any abuse in any of them.
I also said if the treatment handed out was as described that is not acceptable. I do however still have reservations as to the description of what happened that night, some things don't add up. I have read the original post again and the girlfriend hid behind a wall, she saw the owner get out of the car and hit her boyfriend with a bat or other instrument, she then saw the owners friends get out of the car she saw them kick him she saw them strip him of his clothes and the car drive off but she didn't see him get up and run away, this does not add up.
Also can I point out that Don was very quick to post on this forum a very disturbing message which is from his perspective only "hearsay" as he was not there. It would be very useful to everyone if he were so quick as to post the messages he has received recently which he discredits as lies. Again these messages will only be "hearsay" but might shed a bit of light on what did happen that night.
What makes you say I feel it is extremely unlikely that the story is true or even credible? when I said "If this sort of thing does go on, and I do think there may be a little dramatization in the original script then obviously that kind of behaviour is unacceptable." not quite the same as saying it is unlikely to be true, I am convinced something did go on that night, I'm sure everyone is of that opinion, it is what the root cause of it all that is unclear.
Again Don please give the story you are condemning as all lies and why you come to that conclusion.
Again let me reiterate I do not condone violence of any kind and stories like this are concerning but I'm afraid on this occasion someone's bad fortune is being used as a tool to try to wreck someone else's business, which by the way is not working.