Two teenagers have been banned from every pub, bar and nightclub in the UK after they trashed a hotel.
Kera McKeown and Larisa Sumovskaja, both 19, have a history of ‘disgraceful’ behaviour, including attacking nightclub staff and lashing out at a taxi driver without paying.
In April last year, they went to the Trouville Hotel in Bournemouth with friend Jasmine Orchard, despite not being guests.
McKeown held a bottle of vodka in one hand and used her high heels to bash a back office door, where receptionist Signe Ivane had locked herself in to escape them after being spat at.
Moments earlier, McKeown had told Ms Ivane ‘I will punch you up’, spat at her, and thrown two vases of flowers, a computer screen and a phone, the latter hitting a male receptionist on the head.
Sumovskaja picked up a fire extinguisher because she ‘thought it would be funny to spray someone with it’. She did not use it, but McKeown threw it at staff.
Prosecutor Tara Olney said the hotel suffered ‘reputational harm’ affecting future bookings, and that damage cost about £4,000 to resolve, including refunds to guests who witnessed the incident.
Describing their behaviour as ‘disgraceful’, District Judge Orla Austin told McKeown and Sumovskaja they had narrowly avoided jail after admitting criminal damage and affray.
Judge Austin said: ‘It’s very clear from the footage it was very distressing to the staff. It is a custodial offence but I am just persuaded to suspend it. It is the last chance I will give you so I need you both to understand.
‘You are both in quite a serious situation now – no more trouble whatsoever because if there is you leave me with no other option but to send you to prison.’
Instead, they have been banned from all drinking establishments and hotels for six months unless required for work.
She said: ‘I recognise your social life is going to be significantly curtailed but that’s the punishment so don’t take any chances.’
Five weeks earlier, Sumovskaja and Orchard attacked three nightclub staff after being kicked out for being too drunk.
Two months before that, the same pair were caught after boasting about the taxi incident and sharing the police appeal online.
James Diamond, representing McKeown, said: ‘She found it very traumatising being in the police station overnight – she was only 18 at the time.
‘She has expressed her deep regret and remorse for her actions, she’s not proud of what she has done.’
