This story follows on from the previous one in the sense that it is also set in Birmingham, UK. This time it has a more international feel and the main subject is a worldwide iconic figure. It occurred within the dazzling world of an Elvis impersonator convention, where two Elvis lookalikes became involved in a love tussle. One lookalike is even facing up to the likelihood of experiencing the true ‘Jailhouse Rock’.
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AN ELVIS tribute singer has admitted attacking a rival impersonator he wrongly believed was trying to seduce his wife at a lookalikes convention in Birmingham.
Michael Cawthray, of Epperton Road South, Rhos-on-Sea, pleaded guilty to assaulting Jeffrey Burton, a US citizen, causing him actual bodily harm at Warwick Crown Court yesterday.
The 48-year-old victim suffered a suspected broken nose during a scuffle at the Metropole Hotel at the NEC in the early hours on January 9 last year.
He was treated in hospital.
At an earlier hearing, the court heard that Mr Burton persuaded Mr Cawthray’s wife Sioned to share a nigh-cap in his hotel room when Cawthray burst in.
Mr Burton’s father, James Burton, was Presley’s guitarist from 1969 until the star’s death in 1977.
Following his guilty plea a High Court judge told Cawthray, aged 43, that the court will want to consider a sentenced that will address his ‘insecurities arising from jealousy and ill-temper’.
The convention was organised by the Elvis European Championships Ltd, of which Cawthray is a director.
He and Mr Burton were both staying at the hotel.
After Cawthray had entered his plea, Mrs Justice Dame Julia Macur commented: “He has no previous convictions, but they were serious injuries.”
Regan Peggs, defending, pointed out: “It was a relatively small fracture to the nose, rather than what was first thought. Having said that, there will have to be a pre-sentence report.”
Adjourning for the report to be prepared, Mrs Justice Macur told Cawthray: “You are pleading guilty to a nasty assault, with injuries that are certainly not insignificant, although thankfully not as bad as first thought.
“I think the court will benefit from having a report on you.
“While I give no indication as to sentence, the court will want to consider whether there is any community sentence which can address your insecurities arising from jealousies and ill-temper.”
