A FORMER soldier has denied a charge of attempted murder after allegedly driving at a doorman outside a Bournemouth nightclub.
Prosecutors claim Shailem Dodson, of Gunville Down Road in Blandford’s army camp, used a car as a “weapon” during an incident outside Halo in Exeter Road on December 12 last year.
Rafael Zanin, who was working on the door that night, was hurt, it was heard, although his injuries were not life changing or life threatening.
Dodson, who served with the army for two-and-a-half years but has now left the military, has also been charged with a series of linked offences, including assaulting a man by beating him and driving dangerously.
In addition, it is alleged that he was drink driving on the same night.
Prosecutors claim he had 57 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35mg.
The defendant, 21, entered his not guilty plea at Winchester Crown Court. He will return for a trial in December
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