A MAN who took the law into his own hands when he attacked a reveller who had glassed his brother in a pole dancing club has been jailed for 20 months.

Leon Douglas was involved in the brutal attack in the street which left his victim blind in one eye and with a badly fractured ankle and broken nose.

The 25-year-old lifeguard was part of a group of men who attacked Yalcin Eroglu outside the Dream Lounge shortly before 4am on Sunday, May 25.

Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court how Leon was at the club at the bottom of Victoria Road with younger brother Aeron, 22, and cousin Lloyd, 20.

She said 29-year-old Eroglu had been drinking and was behaving badly, flicking his drink at people including the Douglases, who were celebrating Aeron's birthday.

After they complained to a bouncer he was thrown out, but as he was going he picked up a glass and hurled it, hitting Aeron on the head leaving a deep gash.

Members of staff tried to calm him down and get him to go to hospital to get it treated, Miss Hingston said, but he was determined to go outside.

The court was shown CCTV footage of door staff leading out Mr Eroglu, followed by the Douglases and friends, and then just leaving him.

"First Aeron, with a head wound, went up to him, punched him in the face, and Eroglu hit him back," she said.

"At that point Aeron was backing away and Lloyd came in, punched Mr Eroglu with a haymaker, or hard right punch causing him to fall immediately to the floor. That is something that can be immediately seen on the CCTV.

"Leon came in behind Lloyd, described as having a glass in his hand. While Mr Eroglu is on the ground Leon moved towards him.

"Leon was stood up, he backed away then could be seen running towards the prone figure of Mr Eroglu who was still on the ground and appeared to be aiming kicks at the head and body of Mr Eroglu."

She said an independent witness, who had just come out of the Pink Rooms, told how she saw the group of about five men attack: punching, kicking and stamping on him.

As a result of the attack the victim suffered such bad damage to his left eye that he will never be able to see out of it again.

The dad-of-one also needed an operation to put metal plates and screws in his right ankle after it was badly broken.

In a victim impact statement he told how he could now no longer work and faced a life on benefits as he could no longer do his job at a pizza place in Calne.

Leon, of Kipling Gardens, Stratton, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, Lloyd, of Rodbourne Road, admitted common assault. Aeron, who lives with his brother, was cautioned for common assault.

Rob Ross, defending Leon, said his client reacted after seeing his brother covered in blood and clearly went too far attacked the man who had glassed him.

He said he was not a violent man and more used to saving lives as he was trained lifeguard and gym instructor working at the Oasis.

"On this occasion he resorts to violence because something awful had happened to his brother. This isn't retribution or revenge, this is retaliation to some awful provocation," said Mr Ross.

Ronan McCann, for unemployed Lloyd, said his client just threw one punch after seeing his cousin being punched and then took no further in the violence.

Jailing Leon, Judge Peter Blair QC said: "There is no way that this can't be marked by anything other than a prison sentence.

"I accept you have shown remorse, I accept you have no previous convictions, I accept there was provocation.

"The minimum I can pass as retribution for what you did and to deter others in taking the law into their own hands, as you did, is 20 months."

He imposed a one-year community order with 160 hours of unpaid work and a three-month night time curfew on Lloyd.

At an earlier hearing Eroglu, who admitted unlawful wounding for the glassing, was put on a 12-month jail term suspended for two years with supervision, an alcohol education package, and 100 hours of unpaid work.