Guy Leslie Carter and Emma Riley sentenced after assaulting bouncer

A bouncer was brutally attacked by a successful business man and his partner who had been asked to leave a Sydney pub.

Guy Leslie Carter and Emma Riley leaving Windsor court.

A couple brutally assaulted a security guard when they were told to leave a pub in Sydney’s northwest, a court has heard.

Guy Leslie Carter, 32, and Emma Riley, 29, pleaded guilty to common assault and faced Windsor Local Court on May 4.

Facts state Carter and Riley arrived at Richmond Inn in the Hawkesbury at about 7pm on December 10, last year when they were asked the leave by a bouncer due to Carter’s level of intoxication.

The pair left but were spotted just hours later drinking in the beer garden, and were again asked to leave, according to facts.

Carter refused and became “aggressive”, held the bouncer’s shirt and threw “a number of punches”, facts state.

Richmond Inn beer garden. Picture: supplied

Riley then punched the bouncer five times to the back of the head as Carter continued assaulting the victim.

The bouncer managed to defend himself and Riley was pushed to the floor, as Carter threw another “three punches to the jaw”.

Eventually, Carter and Riley were kicked out and the pair were arrested.

Police seized 2.34 grams of cocaine from Carter’s wallet, which he confessed to.

“It’s cocaine and I snort it. I bought them all for $1100,” Carter told police.

Carter also pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited drug and re-entering premises as an excluded person.

Lawyer Glenn Walters said the incident was “fuelled by alcohol”.

Guy Leslie Carter and Emma Riley leaving Windsor court.

“It’s fortunate that this level of extreme violence didn’t result in a worse injury,” Mr Walters said.

The pair spent four hours together in jail, which Mr Walters said gave them time to “reflect” on their actions.

“They had an opportunity to sober up and couldn’t accept what had happened – they were gobsmacked and shocked,” he said.

The pair had been together for five years and recently engaged, as heard in court.

The court heard the security guard was punched several times by the pair.

Carter is employed as a business development manager with a commercial property developer while Riley works as an operations manager.

Mr Walters said the pair were shown the CCTV and were shocked after “seeing themselves in 3D, behaving in such an aggressive way”.

Mr Walters said Riley, who had an unblemished criminal record, believed her partner was being attacked and “came to his aid” when she threw five punches.

“Fortunately the victim didn‘t suffer much, despite the embarrassment of being attacked by two drunken people for no reason,” he said.

The court heard Riley attended counselling and accepted she had issues with managing anger, while Carter enrolled in the SMART recovery program, which aids offenders in tackling substance addiction.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Tallon said the “unprovoked assault” showed a disregard for public safety.

“The bouncer just doing his role certainly didn’t deserve this,” Sgt Tallon said.

Windsor Courthouse.

In sentencing the pair, Magistrate Leanne Robinson said it was “inexcusable” for Riley to assault an “innocent man just trying to do his job” despite the belief she was aiding her partner.

Riley received a six-month conditional release order without a conviction.

For Carter, Ms Robinson said a previous conviction for resisting police and another “failing to leave premise” conviction in 2021 meant the court could not afford him leniency.

“The 2021 offence should’ve acted as a wake-up call for radical changes in your life,” she said.

Ms Robinson said it was a similar situation where Carter felt “entitled to go back” and continue drinking before losing judgment.

Ms Robinson said the pair should feel “disappointed” for assaulting a man “just doing their job”.

“Bouncer’s shouldn’t have to cope with people like you when they’re simply going about their work.”

Carter was sentenced to a community corrections order for nine months and fined $2200.