A Dunedin bar owner has lost his manager's certificate for four weeks for a drunken attack on his partner.
Andrew John Frankpitt (29) was sentenced to nine months' supervision when he appeared in the Dunedin District Court in March.
An application for a discharge without conviction was declined by Judge Dominic Flatley.
The defendant, co-owner of The Baaa, in Great King St, was recently called before the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority, five months after the court case had concluded.
According to documents, Frankpitt did not dispute the police allegation he was an unsuitable person to hold a manager's certificate, and he accepted the suspension.
To fit in with the absence of another manager, who was travelling overseas, his four-week stand-down would begin on Monday, Judge Kevin Kelly ruled.
The incident at the heart of Frankpitt's legal woes took place on November 4 last year after he and his girlfriend had been out drinking.
Annoyed with his level of intoxication, the victim woke Frankpitt up after he had passed out on the bed. He responded by picking her up and dropping her on the other side of the bed where she hit her head on a window sill.
She left the room and when she returned, Frankpitt was asleep again.
The defendant lashed out when the victim pulled the blankets off him, flinging her off the end of the bed.
He slapped her on the face, arms and legs and pinned her down before police intervened.
Judge Flatley said Frankpitt should have known better, especially given his experience in the hospitality industry.
''The court and the community take a very dim view of this type of offending,'' he said.
''It's a real problem for our communities and will not be tolerated by the court.''
