Section 18 assault charges help please from very worried mum

[PinkyDen]

My son was working as a doorman; he was accused of setting up an assault, which his boss is accused of doing. He is charged with a section 18 assault charge, he isn’t accused of touching anyone but of helping the alleged assault take place. He is not guilty and as far as he is aware no assault took place, the victim was ejected from the bar by his boss, this is on CCTV, rough handling which could have caused injury. However he says he was asked inside and assaulted out of the view of cameras.
We have been told that if he is found guilty of this charge it is a guaranteed prison sentence. He has never been in trouble before and is of exceptional character. As he is not guilty he does not want to plead guilty to any lower charge which may be offered. If he says not guilty and a jury find him guilty will he go to prison or can there be a sentence of a suspended prison sentence given.
Thanks
from a very worried mother

[boro1986]

Sorry to shatter your illusions, and maybe your son is an angel but in my humble opinion 99.9% of doormen are absolute p***** . Iit would not surprise me if he beat someone "out of view" of the cameras i have seen it done a lot.