DRUNKEN thugs responsible for an "appalling spree of offences" have been jailed despite pleas for leniency.

Brothers Oliver and Maxwell Collins and their friend Stuart Pearson behaved so badly on a night out in Wimborne last April that residents cheered and clapped as they were arrested.

After starting to drink at home from 11am on April 10, the men visited the Man in the Wall pub, where they were eventually refused service after shouting and swearing.

They then made their way to the White Hart, where Oliver Collins, 22, of Crescent Road in Wimborne, was seen urinating in the pub garden.

Challenged by landlord Richard Peters, they refused to leave, even when he refunded the cost of drinks already consumed in a bid to make them go.

The Collins brothers then attacked Mr Peters, with Maxwell Collins, of Gloucester Street in Weymouth, wrapping his hands around the landlord's throat while Oliver Collins attempted to headbutt and knee his victim in the stomach and groin.

The three then left for the Coach and Horses.

On their way to the pub, Oliver Collins jumped in front of a car being driven by Katherine Robson and kicked out at it.

Concerned, she followed them to the pub and called police.

Ms Robson then witnessed Maxwell Collins, 19, "projectile vomiting" into a bush outside the venue before the two men brought out more drinks.

Landlord David Babic asked the three to leave after complaints about their behaviour, but was violently attacked by all three men.

He was punched to the body, head and face and forced to the ground by Maxwell Collins and Stuart Pearson, of Ringwood Road in Ferndown.

Ms Robson ran into the pub to raise the alarm before rushing back outside to see Maxwell Collins kicking Mr Babic twice in the head.

She attempted to push the defendant away, but Oliver Collins stepped in and punched the victim as he was on the ground.

He then picked up a glass and threw it into the landlord's face, where it smashed and caused cuts.

When Oliver Collins was detained, he spat into the arresting officer's face and laughed.

Kevin Hill, representing the defendant, said he is "profoundly remorseful and disgusted by his actions" which were committed during an "appalling spree".

Nicholas Robinson, mitigating for Maxwell Collins, said his client had been living in a tent in woodland with Pearson prior to the offences because of a breakdown in his family relationships.

He added that the defendant was "absolutely terrified at the prospect of detention".

Richard Onslow, mitigating for Pearson, said the 20-year-old is "hauling himself up by the bootstraps".

But Judge Peter Johnson said the three had "behaved in the most appalling way" and must be sent to prison.

Oliver Collins, who admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, unlawful wounding and damaging property, was sentenced to 15 months behind bars.

Maxwell Collins, who admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault, will serve nine months.

Pearson, who admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, will serve six months.

Ms Robson has been commended with a £250 reward from the Sheriffs' and Recorder's Fund for her actions.