Feel like an arsehole

I went out last night for a friends 30th Birthday party and had a good night. I ended up in a club with a few others and suddenly felt really drunk and a bit rough so decided i needed to leave straight away. All but one of us left and i spoke to my mate apologising saying i felt rough and had to go, he said it was fine and he'd stop out.

This morning it turns out that he left the club ten minutes after we left on his own and got jumped at the taxi rank by a couple of blokes and ended up in hospital. He's got a nasty cut above his eye, a couple of teeth are out of place and one chipped, his face is swollen quite badly and his jaw really hurts. I know hindsight is a fantastic thing but of course you think that he would have been less likely to be assaulted if there were 2 of us.

All this was in Norwich city centre and even though it was not exceptionally bad, it might raise alot of questions in the news due to the fact of the location it happened. It's quite a quiet area and I was sure they had marshals around there after this happened at the same place:

Three men were arrested today in connection with the murder of a banker allegedly set upon after remonstrating with a gang attacking a homeless man.

Father-of-two Frank McGarahan, 45, of Much Hadham, Herts, died in hospital yesterday after being injured in central Norwich in the early hours of Sunday.

Police said three men - all in their early twenties and from the Norwich area - had been arrested.

A spokesman said the men were being held at police stations across Norfolk.

Mr McGarahan was chief operating officer of Barclays Wealth, a section of Barclays Bank which manages the assets of some of the world's richest people, and had been enjoying a night out in Norwich before a family christening.

Police said he was hurt at around 3am on Sunday and died in hospital yesterday without regaining consciousness.

Detective Superintendent Chris Hobley, who is heading the inquiry, said Mr McGarahan had seen a homeless Lithuanian, who was walking a dog with his girlfriend, assaulted and he remonstrated. There was an "exchange of words" then Mr McGarahan was hurt.

Mr Hobley said Mr McGarahan, who had been for a meal and visited several bars, was at a taxi rank with his brother Kevin, who lives in Norwich, and a cousin.

He said all three men, plus a bouncer who worked at a nearby strip club, became involved in the incident. The bouncer suffered a broken jaw and Mr McGarahan's cousin also needed hospital treatment.

Norwich taxi driver Daniel Rennie said today he saw the aftermath.

"He was lying face down on the pavement," said Mr Rennie.

"Paramedics worked at him for some time."

Mr Rennie said he saw another man sitting on a wall with his head in his hands "looking very upset".

He added: "Anyone who helps a fellow human being in that situation is a very brave man."


Same club, same taxi rank. Hopefully they should have it all on CCTV to catch the fuckers who did it.