Devon conflict management trainer Paul Morgan lost his temper when thrown out of a nightclub and then drove his car into it.
Morgan, 29, from Exeter, pleaded guilty at Exeter Crown Court to charges of dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen and driving while disqualified.
He was jailed for eight months and accepted that he would benefit from a course in anger management.
He was thrown out of the Queen’s Vaults nightclub in Exeter after becoming involved in a heated argument with other clubbers. Morgan returned but took exception to the way door staff dealt with him and said “I will make sure you show me some respect.”
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Later he drove his Jeep Cherokee into the club’s entrance, causing the doors to burst open and people to jump for safety.
Defence counsel Richard Powell said Morgan was a conflict management trainer – who had trained 900 door staff – and was shocked at what he did and described it as a “moment of madness”.
