A man who "bullied, terrorised and humiliated" two teenage boys in Bicester has been jailed for three years.

Ben Thompson, 18, asked the boys for a light as they walked through the town late on July 1, Oxford Crown Court heard.

John Denniss, prosecuting, said a 40-minute ordeal was triggered when one of the victims, aged 15, made a "throw-away comment" that he could find a light in the nearby tunnel.

Mr Denniss said Thompson, of Dover Avenue, Banbury, and a 15-year-old accomplice -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- confronted the boy later that night.

Thompson punched him in the face and forced him to kneel and kiss his shoes.

Mr Denniss said: "He did not comply, so Thompson kicked him in the face.

"When he did kiss his shoes, he saw his own blood on them."

They also made the younger victim lick a car's dirty number plate.

Mr Denniss said Thompson later told police he had done it because the boy had "cheeked" him about the light.

Thompson and his accomplice each admitted robbery, attempted robbery and two charges of false imprisonment.

Matthew Walsh, defending Thompson, said he had been bullied and beaten as a child.

Christopher Frazer, representing the co-defendant, said his client was easily led.

Judge Christopher Compston said it was a horrific incident for which the maximum sentence was life imprisonment.

"There was bullying, there was terrorising and there was humiliation," he said.

The 15-year-old co-defendant was given an 18-month supervision order.