It might not have been Murder On The Dancefloor when a drunk Hythe cafe boss "tried it on" with two dancing girls.

But what resulted was certainly mayhem on the dancefloor at Onyx nightclub in Folkestone - leaving five people nursing injuries.

Halit Guner, 31, of High Street, Hythe, had been rebuffed by Georgina Rumsey and Allanah Timms-Thompson who were dancing.

But drunken Guner took umbrage and punched Ms Timms-Thompson, before knocking her friend to the ground.

And when a furious Ms Rumsey followed him off the dancefloor, he punched her unconscious with a blow to the face - before turning his attentions towards her friend Natalia Anderson-Laing and continuing the fracas.

Another nightclubber, Hanna Daws, was then pushed against a wall by violent Guner, who ended the night attacking Good Samaritan Thomas Mead who went to her aid.

Canterbury Crown Court heard how the dancefloor bust-up only ended when security staff intervened and Guner was arrested.

But even at the police station, he tried to claim he had been the victim and had been acting in self-defence.

Now the repentant owner of the Sunshine Cafe has been told to pay a total of £1,300 in compensation to the five.

But he escaped going to jail after his 16-week prison sentence was suspended for two years when he admitted one assault causing actual bodily harm and four assaults by beating.

The judge, Recorder Colin Reese QC, told the married cafe owner: "You had had a considerable amount to drink that night and were rebuffed by two women who were dancing.

"You were the aggressor throughout these incidents behaving in a thoroughly reprehensible way causing fear to these young ladies..." - Recorder Colin Reese QC

"Mr Mead had gone over after seeing what was happening and wanted to act protectively of her and you punched him about the head a number of times.

"It is quite clear what you did to him was a more thorough job on him in regard to the punching you had done to the others. He was left with a black eye, bruised lip and other injuries.

"You were the aggressor throughout these incidents behaving in a thoroughly reprehensible way causing fear to these young ladies. What you did was thoroughly disgraceful.

"This was a piece of drunken violence – fortunately it was all over very quickly. But it had a psychological effect on all of them leaving them feeling very uncomfortable in going out at night and no longer having the usual confidence."

He ordered Guner to pay Ms Rumsey £500 in compensation, adding: "No amount of compensation is going to adequately compensate her for the injury she sustained that night but I have to considered what you are able to pay."

Mr Read was also awarded £500 and the three other victims will each receive £100 in compensation. The compensation has to be paid within a year.

The judge said: "As assaults by beating go, the one on Mr Read is clearly at the top end of the scale. All he did was run over when he saw his friend in distress and you just laid into him and gave him a good punching."