Overview
- Macauley Breeze, 24, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and received a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work, 15 rehabilitation days, and payments of £500 compensation and £700 court costs.
- CCTV from the Middlesbrough town centre McDonald’s showed security escorting a man outside before a group attack, with Breeze delivering a single kick to the guard’s lower body.
- He had denied the charge but changed his plea on the day his trial was due to start in February 2026, after delays linked to charging and the timing of his plea.
- Co-accused Dean Smith and Jordan Ingledew admitted the offence in August 2024 and were given suspended prison terms, 200 hours of unpaid work each, and £500 compensation orders.
- Reports differ on whether the attack occurred on November 12 or December 11, 2022, but the judge said the incident deeply affected a guard who was simply doing his job.