TWO men who sparked a brawl in an Oxford bar before robbing two people have been jailed.

Cameron Forbes and Aaron Kitney’s drink-and-drug-fuelled attack on customers at the Hi-Lo Jamaican Eating House stopped “only when they ran out of objects to throw”, a court heard.

Having injured three men and a woman, the pair left the bar in Cowley Road, East Oxford, at 2am on February 27 and robbed two men in nearby Marston Street.

The 21-year-olds were sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after Forbes, of Kempson Crescent, Littlemore, had earlier admitted robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Kitney, of Clarks Row, Oxford, had previously admitted robbery, affray and ABH.

Judge Christopher Compston jailed Kitney for three years and six months, and Forbes for three years.

Joanna Durber, prosecuting, said the violence began when Forbes, who was part of a group including Kitney, dropped a lit cigarette on the head of William Breame in the beer garden of the Hi-Lo.

When Mr Breame’s friend Mark Brough challenged Forbes, Kitney put him in a headlock, while Forbes punched him in the face.

Ms Durber said the pair left the garden and returned twice more to attack Mr Breame and Mr Brough.

The latter was pushed to the ground and kicked four times in the face by Kitney.

Having been ejected from the bar, the duo climbed over a fence into the garden and began throwing bar stools and chairs, hitting Mr Breame and onlookers Michael Delaney and Felicity Keefe.

The court heard Miss Keefe was taken to hospital with severe whiplash after a flying chair pushed her head into a wall.

Ms Durber said Forbes, who has previous convictions for burglary and disorderly behaviour, picked up a wooden broom handle and attacked Mr Breame until it snapped.She added: “Witnesses said the attack seemed to stop only when the group ran out of objects to throw.”

At 2.30am, Stuart Randell and James Roberts were returning to their home in Marston Street when Kitney and Forbes attacked them.

Mr Roberts was thrown to the floor by Forbes before “kicks and stamps rained down” on his head and torso, Ms Durber said.

Forbes then demanded Mr Roberts’ wallet while Kitney, who had already taken £40 from Mr Randell, continued to kick his victim on the ground, Judge Compston heard.

Stephen Parker, defending father-of-one Kitney, who has 11 previous convictions including battery and ABH, said: “He tells me ‘I feel ashamed and disgusted’.”

Clare Fraser, defending Forbes, said: “He’s extremely remorseful for his behaviour.

“In my submission he’s not a bad person.”