A MAN has been jailed for assaulting two men with what appeared to be a hand gun hours after he had been watching football at the same pub as them on the night of the Euro 2020 final.

Tobias Michael John Gent, aged 30 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two years in prison at Salisbury Crown Court on Monday, December 6.

This was after the 30-year-old admitted two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm as well as possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

The defendant and the two victims had been watching football at the same pub in Kinson as part of separate groups on the evening of Sunday, July 11 - the night England lost on penalties against Italy in the final of the European Championship.

The groups went their separate ways, but three men were later involved in an altercation outside an address in Keeble Road at around 12.45am on Monday, July 12.

Gent was seen to hit both of his victims around the head with what appeared to be a hand gun. Both victims sustained head injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.

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The defendant fled the scene following the incident. Officers attended and following extensive enquiries he was located at a nearby address and arrested.

Detective Constable Jordan Hopkins, of Bournemouth CID, said: “We will not tolerate violent offences involving firearms and will do all we can to ensure culprits are identified and brought before the courts.

“Thanks to enquiries by officers on the night, Tobias Gent was located and through our investigation we were able to prove that he was the man responsible for this offence.”

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