Footie boss’ furious ex ‘wrecked club’s bar including causing flood with beer taps & threatening to stab staff’
A FOOTBALL boss’s ex-girlfriend carried out “an orgy of destruction” in the club’s bar after they broke up.Laura Evenden, 45, went on the rampage at non-league Chatham Town following her split from chairman and manager Kevin Hake, a court heard.
Laura Evenden went on a rampage following her split from chairman and manager Kevin HakeCredit: FACEBOOK/Laura Leigh Evenden
Kevin gave Boris Johnson a team shirt when the then-PM visited last yearCredit: Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media
Chatham Town will play in the Isthmian Premier next seasonCredit: FACEBOOK/CHATHAM TOWN FC
Evenden hurled cans of paint on the floor, pushed a TV, lobbed fruit from a fridge and caused a flood by turning on the beer taps.
She threatened to knife a female staff member if her demand to speak with Mr Hake was ignored.
And she burst a balloon display and stabbed a club sign, sofa and cushions.
She and Mr Hake, 47, broke up at the start of last year, a court heard.
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She went to the club late on June 16 with a kitchen knife in her handbag.
Her £5,300 wrecking spree ended when her mum arrived.
Evenden, of Chatham, admitted threatening a person with a knife and criminal damage.
Judge Philip Statman told her she was lucky no one was hurt, adding: “You proceeded on an orgy of destruction.”
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He handed Evenden a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, at Maidstone crown court.
Mr Hake gave Boris Johnson a team shirt when the then-PM visited last year.
The side will play in the Isthmian Premier, England’s seventh tier, next season after promotion. More