Two hooligans who went on an assault spree in a trendy Battersea bar were jailed at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday.

Jermaine Felix, 31, and Lewis Oakley, 25, rampaged around Bar Calvados in Battersea Rise last year leaving a string of injured young professionals in their wake.

Speaking outside of court, police said one victim required eight stitches and some witnesses were scared to give evidence, with one woman unable to leave the house alone for several months.

It happened in April 2008 when Felix, out on a birthday knees-up, slapped a young woman on the dance floor and was confronted by her friends.

Instead of apologising, he then punched her in the face several times before punching a man from another group who jumped in to protect her.

Meanwhile Oakley hit another man with a glass three times, before stalking outside and attacking another man - who was helping the injured woman.

According to police, Felix claimed he acted in self defence and Oakley said he came to his friend’s aid, but the pair were found guilty on assault charges earlier this month.

Sentencing, Judge Campbell said: “Witness after witness has described how violent and aggressive the two of you were.”

Felix, of Ashley Crescent, Battersea, was jailed for two years for assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) and affray, while Oakley, of Gracedale Road, Tooting, received four years for ABH, affray and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH).

Mitigating, defence lawyer Amelia Fosuhene said Felix, whose previous convictions include burglary, assault and drugs crimes, cares for a handicapped son.

Speaking after the case, Detective Constable Greg Nicol at Wandsworth CID said: “You can’t justify what they did.

"They claim it was self-defence, but genuine self-defence would be blocking and retreating.

"They just carried on attacking anybody who got in their way.”

Police said the case involved 21 witnesses from the public including an Army captain, three solicitors, a project manager and an accountant, but some were so frightened they were granted identity protection measures in court.