Brewin Dolphin Christmas party ended in 'mass brawl', court hears

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A Brewin Dolphin broker sparked a brawl after discovering a colleague was having an affair with his fiancé, a court has heard.

Robert Nicolson is accused of attacking IT worker Anthony Field at the firm's Christmas party last year, according to the Daily Mail. Field suffered two black eyes and facial injuries during the fight at the Queen of Hoxton bar in Shoreditch, East London. Prosecutor Tyrone Silcott said told Snaresbrook Crown Court: "Nicolson was the fire-starter, the spark that gets it all going. He walks across the dance floor and grabbed Mr Field. When Mr Field fights back, his friends beat him up." Nicholson told the court Field had head butted and punched him, after he confronted him over the a...

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