City banker gets community order for bouncer attack

An investment banker punched a club doorman in the eye and called him a ‘gay c**t’ after refusing to pay his £500 bar tab.

Former Goldman Sachs analyst Mitchell Bayer-Goldman, 24, attacked Allewyn Tredoux at The Cuckoo Club in Swallow Street, Mayfair last December.

Bayer-Goldman was then dragged to the top floor by bouncers and held until police arrived, Westminster Magistrates heard.

The exclusive private-members club, which describes itself as ‘the ultimate contemporary-chic destination’, counts Prince Harry, Kate Moss and Jude Law among its patrons.

Mr Tredoux, who previously worked protecting shipping from pirates in Somalia, has been unable to work since the incident.

Bayer-Goldman had earlier admitted one count of assault by beating at Willesden Green Magistrates’ Court, where a bench found he also hurled homophobic abuse during the incident.

Ann Crighton, prosecuting, said: ‘The victim is Allewyn Tredoux, who works at the Cuckoo Club.

‘Mr Bayer-Goldman was there on 12 December and he was refusing to pay a bill amounting to about £500.

‘Mr Tredoux went over to assist another member of staff.

‘What happened in the end is that Mr Bayer-Goldman pointed his finger at Mr Tredoux and said ‘you are a gay c***’ and hit him in the face.’

Mr Tredoux was knocked unconscious by Bayer-Goldman’s punch.

‘I was called down from upstairs to go and assist a waitress, Jessica, because she had a problem with a gentleman refusing to pay his bill,’ he said.

‘We asked the gentleman politely: ”Sir, would you mind paying your bill?”

‘He was very, very confident and he said: ”I don’t have to pay my bill” and I said: ”Sir, unfortunately, you have to.”

Bayer-Goldman then began to walk towards the exit and Mr Tredoux followed him.

‘I was following him on the left-hand side and another member of security came on the right-hand side.

‘He stopped at the foot of the stairs and faced me and at the time looked me straight in the eyes and said: ‘You are a gay c**t.’

‘I felt ashamed and embarrassed. I would say it is unacceptable.’

Describing the punch itself, Mr Tredoux said: ‘As I looked to the side, the gentleman was about a metre away from me.

‘As I looked back, I saw the punch coming to my right eye and after that it went black.

‘When I came back again, some of the security was helping me on both sides.’

Mr Tredoux added: ‘I had blurred vision for a couple of days, that same night I went to the hospital.

‘I have follow-up appointments for my eye and I have to see a doctor in February next year.

‘They said it is a build-up of pressure which can be caused by injury or a punch or something like that.’

Mr Tredoux also said that he had lost his ability to work as a maritime security contractor because of injuries sustained in Bayer-Goldman’s attack.

‘I am very disappointed. I was working in maritime security off the coast of Somalia.

‘I was just working part-time that December before I went to be deployed again.

‘Medicals for the maritime industry are strenuous.

‘Any problems with your eyes or heart disease means I cannot work.

‘That’s my future. I’m not on the sea anymore.’

Bayer-Goldman is the former director of PR firm Glam London and is said to now work as an associate for Barclays.

His Linkedin profile states he previously worked as an analyst for banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Bayer-Goldman, of Curtain Road, Hackney, east London, is due to be sentenced later this afternoon

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