Thug jailed after attack in nightclub

A 'WELL-KNOWN figure in the Birkenhead area' punched and kneed another man in a nightclub.

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Anthony Hayes, 31, was involved in a drunken brawl in which he attacked the other man, grabbing hold of him and striking him to the head several times.

The incident unfolded at The Cool Room on Conway Street, Birkenhead, on August 24 this year. CCTV taken from the club at around 2.15am showed multiple people scuffling on the dancefloor in an apparent free-for-all.