A jury has retired to consider verdicts in the trial of a clubber who drove his car into a crowded nightclub after being thrown out.

Mohammed Abdul injured eight people, two seriously, when he hurtled into a marquee at Blake’s in Gravesend.

Maidstone Crown Court heard it was at first feared it was a terrorist attack, but it was soon established that Abdul was taking revenge for being thrown out because he was drunk.

Prosecutor Simon Taylor said it was “a determined and indiscriminate effort to cause carnage and death to anyone who was in his way”.

Abdul was said to have warned one of the door staff: “If I can’t come in, I’m going to come back and shut this place down and kill you guys.”

A few minutes later, shortly before midnight on March 17, he started to drive his Suzuki Vitara down an alleyway at the side of the Queen Street nightclub.

A doorman tried to stop him, but he continued as staff and customers, aged 17 to 25, jumped out of the way.

Mr Taylor said as Abdul approached the marquee being used as part of the club, with a dance floor and DJ booth, he stopped for about nine seconds, “no doubt to make a final decision about what he was going to do next”, before driving into it at speed, hitting several people.

“He travelled for a distance of around five to 10 metres and gave the customers and staff, who were in his wake, no time to react,” he told the jury of seven men and five women.

“As a consequence, some of the occupants of the marquee were hit by the car and thrown onto the bonnet and then onto the floor.”

Abdul reversed, but was overpowered by door staff and customers and left injured.

Most seriously hurt were Pierre Joseph, a cameraman who was at the club to film grime rapper Giggs making a guest appearance, and customer Katie Wells.

Mr Joseph suffered a fractured left shinbone and bruises and Miss Wells, who was standing just inside the marquee smoking, had a fractured pelvis and bruises.

Abdul, of McMillan Street, Deptford, south east London, denies two charges of attempting to murder people in the vicinity of the nightclub and an alternative of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.

He also denies two charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Mr Joseph and Miss Wells.

He admits two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving to Mr Joseph and Miss Wells.

He claimed in evidence he had no intention to kill anybody when he drove down the alleyway and was just trying to get away from bouncers, fearing he would be beaten up.

Abdul, who attended a private school, admitted being “very intoxicated” and had smoked cannabis.

“I knew if I stopped driving I would get my head kicked in,” he said in evidence.

Asked by his lawyer if he accepted it was “an utterly risky piece of driving”, he replied: “Absolutely.”

Asked if he “wanted it to be the last day on earth for anyone in there”, he answered: “Absolutely not.”

The jury was sent home for the night.