EXCLUSIVE: Moment angry drinker is knocked out after he’s smacked across the face with a pool cue by pub reveller when friendly game on night out turned into a violent brawl

• EXCLUSIVE: The fight happened on December 30 at South Shields’ Derby pub  
• Chaos erupted after a row between a group of punters playing a game of pool
• One man lashes out before he is hit in the face with a pool cue and knocked out

This is the moment an angry beanie hat-wearing reveller is knocked out after being smacked across the face with a pool cue. 

Footage shows the man lunging across the table and wildly swinging at people before a punter turns his cue into a weapon and delivers a brutal full-force blow to his face.

He crashes to the ground motionless as a group of revellers then piles in with cues and glasses. It is unclear what triggered the chaos. Police have said no arrests have been made yet.

One reveller told MailOnline: ‘It was threatening to kick off all night. There was a load of them by the pool table. Then a big row broke out and the lad with the hat was going at them all 

Smash: The moment the man is smacked with a pool cue in the face that causes him to collapse to the floor, unconscious 

‘He grabbed a ball from the table and threw it at one of the group sitting down at the table then went for another lad across the table.

‘I don’t think he saw someone standing next to him because he was caught completely off guard. This lad just took a swipe at his head and knocked him clean out.

‘Then it just kept going off. There were a few digs thrown and I think he copped another blow to the head as he was on the floor. People were walking out fearing they’d get hit. Then the lads just legged it. But it’s all on CCTV.’ 

One male in the black coat (top right) is pictured arguing with another man in the white at the pool table

Footage captured on CCTV at the pub shows the beanie-hat wearing punter throwing a pool ball before lunging at another man and trying to punch him 

The man in the black t-shirt is then seen swinging a pool cue at the male in the hat, hitting him the face and knocking him out

The chaos continues and men are seen bundling in, with one appearing to hurl a drink at the male in the beanie hat as he is sprawled on the floor by the bar 

A spokesperson for Northumrbia Police said: ‘On the evening of December 30 2022, we were alerted to an altercation taking place within a pub on Prince Edward Road, South Shields.

‘Officer attended the premises but those involved had already left and no reports outlining any injuries were made to police. CCTV of the incident is being reviewed by officers and enquiries are ongoing.’

It is not the first time that CCTV at the South Shields pub has captured brutal gang violence. 

Kicks and punches continue to fly among the men in the Derby pub, in South Shields

Another man is pictured collapsed on the floor after the fight, with those involved fleeing the boozer moments later before police arrived 

In May 2016, in what was then called the Prince pub, Ronnie Howard was murdered in a savage attack.

The 31-year-old father of two died of a bleed to the brain after being punched twice in the head. Michael Wilson was convicted of his murder and jailed for life after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

After the case, Mr Howard’s family said in statement: ‘Ronnie was a much-loved personality, fun loving, gentle, kind hearted and generally the life and soul, much loved son, brother, cousin, uncle and his greatest achievement – father.’

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