A drunken thug headbutted a customer in a pub garden before smashing a glass door panel and punching another punter in the face on his way out.

Alfie Chapman, from Sevenoaks, had been on a night out at the George and Dragon pub in Tonbridge when he got into a drunken row with another man.

Chapman was asked to leave the pub garden by the landlord after headbutting the man but instead of walking out, he started trying to fight other punters.

Several customers and the landlord then tried to usher him out of the venue, but as they did so, Chapman smashed a window pane in a door with his fist.

The 21-year-old then attacked one of the punters who was trying to get him out of the pub by punching him in the face twice, causing a cut near his eye.

Chapman of Hillfield, Place, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, was later charged and admitted two counts of assault by beating, threatening behaviour and criminal damage when he appeared before magistrates in Sevenoaks on October 3.

Julia French, prosecuting, told the court the incident happened on August 26.

She said: “It was about 8.30pm in the pub’s garden and he was arguing with another male and he headbutted him.

“The pub’s landlord asked him to leave but he started offering people out for fights.

“He then smashed a window pane as he was being escorted out and a man trying to assist was punched to the face, a second punch caused a cut near his eye.”

Ms French also told magistrates Chapman had no previous convictions but did have a caution for assault.

Kelly Dobson, defending, told the bench her client was sorry for his behaviour and that he acts very differently when he drinks but now recognises that.

She added: “He would not have acted like that if he was sober. Alcohol played a part in his offending, he acknowledges that.

“The headbutt was not a true one, he held his head against the other man and as people were trying to apprehend him he punched the door pane, it was reckless.

“He has now limited his alcohol and has not got drunk since and he has depression and ADHD.

“It was a wake-up call and he now has an offer of a job to become a refuse collector.”

The bench also heard from a probation officer who said Chapman showed a lack of insight into his offending behaviour, had taken cocaine regularly, and had been drinking to excess with the wrong crowd but did have remorse.

Magistrates placed him on a 12-month community order which will see him complete 100 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days.

Chapman was also ordered to complete an alcohol treatment requirement for 120 days.

He received no separate penalty for the threatening behaviour offence but was ordered to pay £534 compensation to the pub and £100 to the man he punched in the face.

Chapman was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and £85 costs.