Overview

• CCTV shown in court recorded Halil Dal smashing a bottle and making repeated stabbing motions at about 5:30 a.m. on December 14 outside the Camel nightclub in Bournemouth.
• Victim Kashif Chugtai sustained minor back lacerations and declined to give a formal statement, which the prosecutor said constrained the charging options.
• Magistrates imposed a 24-week prison term suspended for 18 months, a 24-week electronic tag with a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and no costs due to Dal’s limited means.
• Defence counsel said Dal fled political persecution in Turkey and has struggled with severe mental-health problems since arriving in the UK, claims accepted as mitigation for sentencing.
• Dal remains housed in local migrant hotel accommodation as an asylum seeker, and court reports note no further incidents since the December assault.