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The assaults occurred in the early hours of the morning last September at Bamboo Tiger on Bridge St. (File photo)
A boxing coach has been convicted of assault after he punched two staff members who denied him entry to a bar due to intoxication. Randall Michael Dixon, 45 of Dixon’s Boxing Gym in Richmond, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault after the incident at cocktail bar Bamboo Tiger on Bridge St last September. He was sentenced in the Nelson District Court on Wednesday. Judge Jo Rielly declined to discharge Dixon without conviction, citing a lack of evidence that a conviction would harm his business.
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DOLCE Café, Restaurant & Bar hosts its first New Year’s Eve event on Thursday night with bartender Dean Fox.
Whether it s watching 2020 disappear in a blaze of fireworks, or partying with bubbles and cocktails, there are plenty of New Year s Eve options in Marlborough. Among hospitality venues gearing up for Thursday night is Blenheim s DOLCE Café, Restaurant & Bar. Owner Owen Rarity said he was pretty disappointed last year when he went into town on New Year s Eve last year. “Nothing was organised. It was a ghost town, the streets were empty, it was a bad look for visitors to our town, so I decided this year I would create my own event,” Rarity said.