Manchester Man Sentenced After Bar Incident
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Manchester Man Sentenced After Bar Incident
- Wiktor Kuca, 21, headbutted a bouncer and brandished a knife at Walkabout in Manchester's Printworks on March 21, 2025, after being told he could not take his drink outside.
- Just weeks prior to this incident, Kuca was involved in a "brutal assault" on two men outside The Spinners Arms in Eccles, where victims were kicked and stamped on, leaving one with a broken nose.
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A man identified as Wiktor Kuca, 21, was sentenced following an incident at a Manchester city centre bar where he headbutted a doorman and produced a knife. The event occurred on March 21, 2025, at Walkabout in the Printworks, after security staff informed Kuca he could not exit the venue with his bottle of WKD.
According to prosecutor Olivia Gatfield, Kuca “refused and headbutted” the doorman when confronted. As staff attempted to restrain him, Kuca “produced a knife” and “swung it” at the bouncer. Fortunately, the blade was folded away, and Kuca dropped it after being kicked in the elbow. He was subsequently arrested, and during his police interview, he admitted to consuming alcohol and cocaine that evening and headbutting the doorman, though he denied possessing the knife.
This incident occurred just weeks after Kuca was involved in a “horrendous” attack outside The Spinners Arms pub in Eccles. In that earlier event, Kuca and a group of associates waited outside the pub after a dispute over a drink and then assaulted two men, kicking and stamping on them. One of the victims sustained a broken nose.
Kuca, of Scotta Road, Eccles, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article, assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), and affray. He also admitted breaching a suspended sentence he received in November 2023 for two previous offenses of possessing a bladed article. Despite his prior convictions, a judge concluded there was a “realistic prospect of rehabilitation,” and Kuca received a suspended sentence of two years and four months, along with 200 hours of unpaid work, rehabilitation activity days, and a fine.