Men jailed for 'vicious unprovoked' assault at Revolution Bar

Two men have been jailed for a vicious unprovoked assault on three men at the Revolution Bar in Reading on May 6.

Andrew Naylor, 33, (top left) of Vulcan Drive, Bracknell, was jailed for nine years and given a four-year extended license, after admitting two counts of GBH and one count of battery at Reading Crown Court.

Paul Thorley, 33, (bottom left) from Bannister Drive, Hull, was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to one count of GBH.

The assaults were without provocation and Naylor and Thorley set upon the victims, repeatedly punching them.

The defendants were tracked by CCTV into a taxi and subsequently arrested.

Two of the victims received serious injuries including a bleed on the brain, multiple facial fractures including the jaw, eye sockets, mouth palet, noses and teeth knocked out.

Detective Constable James Faulkner, investigating officer, said: “This was an unprovoked, sustained and ferocious attack on three men who only attended the bar for a drink before their friend left for the train station on a busy Bank Holiday Sunday.

"One witness described the defendants as being like ‘animals playing with their food’.

“The unprovoked nature of the attack and serious injuries the victims sustained has had a lasting effect on them and I welcome the sentence given by Her Honour Judge Morris. I am also grateful for the courageous actions of the bar staff and members of the public who tried to intervene and subsequently assisted with the prosecution of the two defendants.

“I hope this sends a strong message during the upcoming festive season that drunken violence will not be tolerated and makes people think before drinking alcohol to excess when they are aware it adversely affects them”.

They were sentenced on Thursday at Reading Crown Court.