Two drunken teenagers who smashed up a hotel reception after they were asked to leave have been banned from every pub, bar, nightclub and hotel in the UK.
Kera McKeown and Larisa Sumovskaja, both 19, left a ‘trail of destruction’ at the Trouville Hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset at 11.20am on April 19, last year.
The pair were caught on camera causing chaos while another friend, Jasmine Orchard, was ‘dragged along’ with them after receptionist Signe Ivane asked them to leave as they were not guests.
Ringleader McKeown was seen holding a vodka bottle in one hand and her high heels in the other, which she used to bash at the door of a back office where Ms Ivane locked herself in to escape the girls.
She also spat at her twice and threw things around reception – two vases of flowers, a computer screen and even a phone which hit 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 didn’t use it, but McKeown then threw it at the staff.
District judge Orla Austin called their behaviour ‘disgraceful’ as she told them they narrowly avoided going to prison.
She issued them with an order banning them from all pubs, bars, nightclubs and hotels in the country for six months unless they have to go in one for work.
Kera McKeown (right) and Larisa Sumovskaja (left), both 19, with their friend Jasmine Orchard (centre), left a ‘trail of destruction’ at the Trouville Hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset
CCTV footage of Larisa Sumovskaja, 19, Kera McKeown, 19, and Jasmine Orchard, 21, causing chaos at the hotel on April 19 last year
McKeown, who was drunk at the time, was described as the ‘main aggressor’ at the hotel
She told them: ‘I recognise your social life is going to be significantly curtailed but that’s the punishment so don’t take any chances.’
Just five weeks after Sumovskaja and Orchard attacked three nightclub staff after they were kicked out for being too drunk.
Two months before that the same pair lashed out a taxi driver before running off without paying. They were later caught after boasting about the incident and sharing the police appeal on social media.
On this occasion, Ms Ivane asked the trio to leave as staff were not sure they were guests.
The three started shouting and McKeown threatened Ms Ivane with the vodka bottle in her hand, saying: ‘I will punch you up’.
She picked up two vases filled with flowers which she hurled across the reception desk and even threw a red fire extinguisher at Ms Ivane, who she then spat at.
The drunken teen went on to push a computer screen off the desk and tip over a large pot plant and a coffee table before the trio finally left the premises.
Sumovskaja damaged a plant pot outside the hotel.
Tara Olney, prosecuting, told the court the hotel had suffered ‘reputational harm’ as well as physical criminal damage.
The owners estimated the cost, including clean up and ‘damage control’, at around £4,000.
They said they had to issue refunds to appease guests who had witnessed the crime, a negative review left by one guest after the incident had cost them future bookings and the two receptionists involved had several days off work due to emotional distress.
Staff morale was also affected as the violent outburst raised concerns about workplace safety.
McKeown and Sumovskaja, from Bournemouth, admitted criminal damage and affray.
James Diamond, representing McKeown, said: ‘This is her first time before the court. She has mental health conditions and neurodiversity. Alcohol had influenced her behaviour, along with being young and foolish.
‘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.’
Mark Hensleigh, representing Lumovskaja, said: ‘This lady is very young, these offences occurred over a year ago. She didn’t do very well at school, she has mental health issues, she is very vulnerable.
‘This cycle of offending has come to an end with what happened at the hotel. She has turned a corner and the cycle has been broken. She has got the opportunity for a job, she’s not going to trouble the court again.’
Police released images of the destruction caused by the three woman during the incident
The owners estimated the cost, including clean up and ‘damage control’, at around £4,000
Judge Orla Austin gave them both a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
They were both also ordered to pay compensation to the receptionists and the hotel for the damage totalling £350 each.
Sumovskaja was also ordered to complete 15 rehabilitation activity days and 12 mental health sessions.
Judge Austin said: ‘What happened here was frankly disgraceful. You made a complete nuisance of yourselves and became aggressive when you were asked to leave.
‘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.
Orchard was dealt with by magistrates in January who accepted she played a ‘minimal role’ and did not cause any criminal damage.
They gave her a 12-month conditional discharge for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of violence and ordered her to pay £111 costs.
