Shocking moment sacked bus driver goes on drunken rampage in pub causing £9,000 worth of damage 

  • Martin Lewis, 56, had been sacked for not knowing the roads well enough
  • He flew into a rage after drinking 6 pints in the South Wales pub
  • Lewis broke three flat screen TVs, door frames and bottles of alcohol
  • The 15-minute rampage cost £9,000 worth of damage
  • Three days later, on bail, he went on a similar spree in the Job Centre 

By Harriet Mallinson For Mailonline

Published: 07:04 EST, 11 March 2016 | Updated: 07:32 EST, 11 March 2016

A sacked bus driver went on a pub-wrecking rampage after losing his job - and his one-man £9,000 smashing spree was caught on CCTV.

Martin Lewis, 56, snapped as he sat alone after being sacked by bus company bosses for 'not knowing the roads well enough'.

Frustrated Lewis was caught on the pub's CCTV as he caused 'an incredible amount of damage' costing £9,000 to the Stag Pub in Treorchy, South Wales.

Breaking furniture: A sacked bus driver went on a pub-wrecking rampage after losing his job - and his one-man £9,000 smashing spree was caught on CCTV

Breaking furniture: A sacked bus driver went on a pub-wrecking rampage after losing his job - and his one-man £9,000 smashing spree was caught on CCTV

Angry: Martin Lewis, 56, snapped as he sat alone after being sacked by bus company bosses for 'not knowing the roads well enough'

Angry: Martin Lewis, 56, snapped as he sat alone after being sacked by bus company bosses for 'not knowing the roads well enough'

Moments after he was sitting alone quietly sipping from a beer glass, CCTV footage showed Lewis throwing chairs, tables and bottles.

He broke the leg from a bar stool before hurling it at a flat screen TV.

The raging reveller then repeatedly throws a bottle at the expensive television - cracking it into pieces.

After knocking over the screen Lewis continues to fling furniture around the pub, breaking windows and lights as he was alone in the bar.

A court heard drunk Lewis broke three flat screen TVs, door frames and bottles of alcohol in the 15-minute rampage.

Prosecutor Rachel Knight said: 'He caused damage to just about everything that was not nailed down. An incredible amount of damage was caused.

'The bar manager said it was completely out of the blue. He went outside to call 999 and the rampage continued. He said he didn't know what the defendant was going to do next.'

Pub manager Nazmul Sumon said: 'It is so sad because we didn't have any argument at all.

Unreasonable: Pub manager Nazmul Sumon said: 'It is so sad because we didn't have any argument at all. 'Apparently he had gone crazy and he just came in and started smashing up the the place 

Unreasonable: Pub manager Nazmul Sumon said: 'It is so sad because we didn't have any argument at all. 'Apparently he had gone crazy and he just came in and started smashing up the the place 

Unstoppable: A court heard drunk Lewis broke three flat screen TVs, door frames and bottles of alcohol in the 15-minute rampage

Unstoppable: A court heard drunk Lewis broke three flat screen TVs, door frames and bottles of alcohol in the 15-minute rampage

Imprisoned: Lewis, of Treorchy, was jailed for 18 months after admitting criminal damage and was jailed for 18 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Imprisoned: Lewis, of Treorchy, was jailed for 18 months after admitting criminal damage and was jailed for 18 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

'Apparently he had gone crazy and he just came in and started smashing up the the place.

'We are almost back to normal but it hit me hard as I had to pay for the damage on my credit card.

'We are not 100 per cent now as some things are still damaged.'

Lewis, of Treorchy, South Wales said 'everything was a blur' after he lost his job driving buses in Coventry.

He had downed five or six pints in the early evening session before flying into his rage.

Three days later while on bail, Lewis attacked a local JobCentre after his benefits didn't arrive on time.

He pulled out a hammer to shatter windows in Treorchy Job Centre causing £12,000 damage - again throwing around desks and chairs.

Defence barrister Steven Thomas said: 'He is totally devastated and ashamed of himself and deeply regrets what he did.

'He accepts what he did was a very immature way of dealing with the matter.. This was a cry for help.'

Lewis, of Treorchy, was jailed for 18 months after admitting criminal damage and was jailed for 18 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

Judge Christopher Llewellyn-Jones QC: 'You said that you were depressed because of a shortage of money so it is ironic that you were in a pub spending money at that time.'

Drunk: He had downed five or six pints in the early evening session before flying into his rage. Three days later while on bail, Lewis attacked a local JobCentre after his benefits didn't arrive on time

Drunk: He had downed five or six pints in the early evening session before flying into his rage. Three days later while on bail, Lewis attacked a local JobCentre after his benefits didn't arrive on time

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