TWO men were injured after violence erupted at a working men's club, a court was told.

Burnley Crown Court heard allegations that Glyn Sedman, 39, and his daughter's boyfriend Gary Hooper, 22, both separately attacked Nathan Phipps while Hooper also attacked Jarrad Williams outside the premises in Earby.

Sedman, of Brownroyd, denied assault causing actual bodily harm and Hooper, of Waddington Street, both Earby, pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, an alternative allegation of unlawful wounding and assault causing actual bodily harm, in January last year.

Mark Lamberty, prosecuting, said Mr Williams was knocked off his stool in Central WMC. Mr Phipps went to try and help him but was barged from behind. He fell to his knees and Sedman, father of Gary Hooper's girlfriend kicked Mr Phipps in the eye.

Hooper became involved and hit Mr Phipps on the head with a barstool. Mr Phipps suffered a four inch cut which needed five stitches and had been left scarred.

Mr Lamberty said a few minutes later there was some sort of verbal exchange between Mr Williams and Hooper as they went back into the club.

As Mr Williams was outside, he was attacked from behind and felled to the ground. He suffered a number of heavy blows which he believed were kicks and he thought he was being attacked by more than one person.

The assault was witnessed by a committee member named Roy Walker, the brother of the club's licencee. He saw Gary Hooper laying out a man on the ground and punching and kicking him repeatedly to the head and body. Mr Walker intervened, grabbed hold of Hooper by the shoulder and pulled him to the ground.

Sedman told police he had heard a commotion, saw some violence going on and ran over and pulled Hooper off.

He claimed Mr Phipps had hit him in the mouth and he had then punched Mr Phipps on the cheek. Hooper made no comment.

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