Judge Roger Jarvis, who sentenced Solway to a total of 40 weeks in jail, labelled him a “bully boy”.

He said: “You should realise that nobody should be in any sort of fear when they are out at any time of the night or day of an attack from a young man especially when such a young man is in drink.

“You knew on the occasion of all these offences just how much drink affects your behaviour, yet you chose still to continue drinking.

“Each one of your victims was entirely innocent.”

He added: “That last incident shows you have some characteristics of a bully boy.”

Judge Jarvis sentenced Solway to 40 weeks in prison for the three assault charges and four weeks for the charge of resisting a police officer, all of which to be served concurrently resulting in a total of 40 weeks in jail.

Prosecutor Jennie Rickman said the first assault took place on October 3 last year relating to an attack by Solway, of Baynards Road in Dorchester, on Mr Coups.

She said the victim was riding his moped on the main road from Wool to Wareham when two men blocked his way.

Miss Rickman said: “He slowed down and beeped his horn but they didn’t move.

“When he went past them, they shouted: ‘Nobody sounds their horns to us’.”

Miss Rickman said Mr Coups described how he was wearing a helmet but felt something hit his head and he subsequently lost balance and fell off his bike.

The court heard how Mr Coups, whose injuries included a broken leg, had to use a walking stick after the assault.

Miss Rickman said on Solway’s arrest there was a struggle with a police officer which related to the charge of resisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

She said the second assault charge related to an assault on Joss Harris in the Charles Street car park in Dorchester on February 6. The court heard how Mr Harris had been walking home in the early hours of the morning and the next thing he could remember was being on the floor with three males, including the defendant, in front of him.

The court heard how the third assault related to a 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of her age, who was waiting at a bus stop on Chickerell Road in Weymouth on February 13.

Miss Rickman said: “The defendant came up to her and grabbed her round the throat with a lot of force and pushed her down to the seat.”

She added that that the defendant then punched her in the face with a clenched fist before laughing at her and punching her twice more.

The court heard how before the assault, the girl was a happy person but ever since has fallen behind on her school work and has become quiet and shy.

In mitigation Timothy Shorter said to Judge Roger Jarvis: “The offences all occur in a relatively short period of time when this defendant was getting into a lot of trouble when he was drinking far too much for his age or at all.”