Suspended jail sentence for chart star Dennis Gordon (From This is Hampshire)
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Suspended jail sentence for chart star Dennis Gordon
9:56am Friday 3rd September 2010 in
A CHART-topping musician has received a six-month suspended jail sentence after being found with a lock knife at a Southampton police station.
Dennis Gordon, who wrote and sang Sambuca with the Wideboys, which hit number one in the commercial and dance charts, had been arrested outside Junk nightclub in London Road.
The Southampton-born and educated musician, known as Dennis G, was ejected after a woman complained of his behaviour.
Tim Dracass, prosecuting at the city crown court, said that Gordon remained threatening and abusive to staff outside.
Police were called and when Gordon was searched at the police station, the knife dropped on to the floor from inside his trousers.
Gordon, 27, of Croydon Close, Lordshill, admitted possessing a bladed article and was also placed under supervision for 12 months.
Khalid Missouri, defending, said that as a youth, Gordon had been taunted because of his colour.
Mr Missouri described Gordon as a church-going man who had played clarinet for the Hampshire Youth Orchestra and represented England at basketball at under-16 level.
He explained that on the night the incident occurred, Gordon wanted to speak to the manager and get back his £75 for some champagne he had purchased.
Mr Missouri added that the knife was not his client’s but that he had found it at the club and had kept it.
“He is a decent young man of good character and heavily disputes he did anything towards the woman in the club,” said Mr Missuori. “He picked up the knife at the scene. It was a stupid thing to have done and to have held on to it but he did not brandish it.”
Gordon, he added, had just produced an album and had hoped to promote it in America but might be barred from entering because of his conviction.
Passing sentence, Judge Patrick Hooton said that if he had taken the knife into the club, he would have gone straight to prison.
Comments(29)
freemantlegirl2
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11:51am Fri 3 Sep 10
Yes, what does being taunted when he's a youth about colour have to do with it?? Carrying a knife is carrying a knife end of. It's even worse that he makes no apology for his behaviour or actions just excuses! Pathetic!
delroymason
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12:43pm Fri 3 Sep 10
hes always oustide westquay selling them. singing over other peoples tracks, selling other peoples beats for sum made up compo.
u obviously know the family, delroy and them, so u know what theyre like, dont try kissing the guys butt just coz he had a slice of fame like , the years ago.
Becks21
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12:47pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21
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12:51pm Fri 3 Sep 10
delroymason
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12:52pm Fri 3 Sep 10
ive known the gordon family for years. the only decent one is catherine...
what ive said about him is true, u can deny it all you want. ask him where his money went....
theres even more stuff that hes done that im not getting into on here, but he is NOT a nice , sweet, innocent guy AT ALL.
Becks21
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12:56pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21
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1:06pm Fri 3 Sep 10
delroymason
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1:08pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21
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1:12pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21
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1:21pm Fri 3 Sep 10
claxxie
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2:01pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21 wrote:Too big to stand outside west quay, I dont even know who he is! I dont think many other people do either!?
you sound like a bigger fan than me, you obviously wish you where him your talking rubbish i dont listen to rumours. but yeh Dennis G is the next big artist from southampton he also produces music waste dont have talent chec out www.DennisG.co.uk see for your self and stop being jealous hes too big to stand outside westquay hes still doing his thing.
Becks21
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2:18pm Fri 3 Sep 10
claxxie wrote:i dont know why you have never heard of him, theres two sides to every story and i love his music anyway look up sambuca on youtube loads of people have watched it and on itunes look
Becks21 wrote: you sound like a bigger fan than me, you obviously wish you where him your talking rubbish i dont listen to rumours. but yeh Dennis G is the next big artist from southampton he also produces music waste dont have talent chec out www.DennisG.co.uk see for your self and stop being jealous hes too big to stand outside westquay hes still doing his thing.Too big to stand outside west quay, I dont even know who he is! I dont think many other people do either!?
http://itunes.apple.
com/gb/album/looking
-for-my-princess-fea
t/id385740163
Victorian Principles
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2:19pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Becks21 wrote:How about liars? Do you speak to them?
no thank you, i dont speak to liers.
Walter K
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2:30pm Fri 3 Sep 10
cowley
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2:35pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Hitlers Tash
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2:50pm Fri 3 Sep 10
shesaint
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2:50pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Freemantle girl.
Am I being stupid? I can't see anything wrong with that.
???
Becks21
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3:01pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Hitlers Tash wrote:whats his colour got to do with anything, i dont know the full story, and neither do you. i love his music end of.
Hmmm I knew of Dennis G as a kid and let me tell you he had no issues about his race, quite the opposite he was a bully. So 11 years after being bullied about his colour that justifies a knife???? Maybe a woman whose been raped you can understand. To me it sounds like hes carrying a knife for the gangster image he wants. and to say hes the next big thing , bex hes been around for 10+years in the shadow of Craig David. Surely if he found a knife he'd hand it into a doorman??? makes me sick
LORDSHILL MAYBUSH MILLBROOK RACIST!!
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3:14pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Hitlers Tash
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3:16pm Fri 3 Sep 10
LORDSHILL MAYBUSH MILLBROOK RACIST!!
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3:19pm Fri 3 Sep 10
GoodnessGraciousMe
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3:31pm Fri 3 Sep 10
LORDSHILL MAYBUSH MILLBROOK RACIST!!
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3:36pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Bassett-Mikey
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3:46pm Fri 3 Sep 10
He had a knife, in his possesion, in a public place - end of!
now in the north
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3:53pm Fri 3 Sep 10
When we got to the entrance (as a family with 2 children and a small toddler) I handed it over to the security guards at the metal detectors. The shirtless men in shorts next to us handed over a proper wooden truncheon which he pulled from his shorts.(no puns)
Upon leaving I went to get my knife which the copper wanted to prosecute me for having until I showed him string/fencing nails etc in my bag. Instead, he confiscated it but then handed back the truncheon to the boyz.
Common sense does not prevail.
MartinWellbourne
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4:26pm Fri 3 Sep 10
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Perhaps with a mitigation statement like that we should conclude that the church, music and basketball have a lot to answer for.
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What a fool - carrying a knife and making a fuss. Carry the knife by all means, just don't draw attention to yourself.
fraggled
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7:04pm Fri 3 Sep 10
MartinWellbourne wrote:Carry the knife by all means??? I don’t think so pal. There is no need to carry to carry a weapon at all. If you don’t feel safe walking the streets, then take self defence lessons and only go where you do feel safe. People are carrying knives to “make them feel tough” these days, and it’s when these people get involved in a confrontation that the knife gets used. Knives are carried by people who, generally, do not intend to use them. It’s just to make them feel safer. Until there’s trouble.
"Mr Missouri described Gordon as a church-going man who had played clarinet for the Hampshire Youth Orchestra and represented England at basketball at under-16 level" . Perhaps with a mitigation statement like that we should conclude that the church, music and basketball have a lot to answer for. . What a fool - carrying a knife and making a fuss. Carry the knife by all means, just don't draw attention to yourself.
clausentum
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8:01pm Fri 3 Sep 10
Go straight to Jail.
Do not pass Go.
Do not collect music royalties.
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fraggled says...
11:24am Fri 3 Sep 10
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“Gordon had been taunted because of his colour” – ah yes, the good old race card. So that makes it ok to carry a weapon and break the law?
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He found a knife, so kept it? I doubt it!
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“Passing sentence, Judge Patrick Hooton said that if he had taken the knife into the club, he would have gone straight to prison.”
What prison would that be then? The Ministry of Justice has just announced that it plans to cut staff by 15,000 and have earmarked 36 prisons for closure. Me thinks he might have been facing a community service order instead.
Cynical? Me? Oh yes!