TWO men who took exception at being thrown out of Skipton's Kooky nightclub have been given community sentences.

Grove Rackham, 32, ended up with a 'loosened' tooth and Ben Holdsworth, 29, had to have a cut in his forehead stapled shut after the incident which involved both security staff and other members of the public, heard Skipton Magistrates Court.

The pair had been part of a group of friends who had come to Skipton on December 10 last year, and had ended up in the Keighley Road club.

It had started inside with Rackham being told to leave by staff, had escalated with Holdsworth stepping in, and had spilled outside where people were waiting to get in.

Rackham pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards security staff, while Holdsworth admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.

Ahead of them being sentenced on Friday, the court was shown more than 20 minutes of CCTV footage which showed Rackham being brought to the floor by security staff inside the club as they attempted to evict him from the club.

Holdsworth could be seen getting involved before being pushed outside where watched by people waiting to get inside both men continued to remonstrate with staff and where Holdsworth was punched in the face by a member of the public.

The court heard that in January this year Holdsworth had been convicted of assaulting a police officer on New Year's Day while Rackham was of previous good character.

Holdsworth believed that the security staff had been a bit 'heavy-handed' the court heard in mitigation.

Sarah Stewart said Holdsworth, who runs an MOT garage, received a nasty wound. He accepted his behaviour had been unacceptable and was not proud of his behaviour.

Rackham, a married tree surgeon, had drunk eight pints of beer during the evening,  the court heard.

Mitigating, Keith Blackwell, said Rackham had a tooth loosened while being subdued by staff.  "He was asked to leave, he took umbrage. He chides himself that he didn't seize the opportunity to leave when he could.

"He apologises profusely and shows genuine remorse. It is my opinion he is extremely unlikely to re-offend for the rest of his life."

Rackham, of Thorncroft Road, Bradford, was given a 12 month community order with 80 hours unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days. He will also have to pay a surcharge of £114 and costs of £85.

Holdsworth, of Silver Birch Avenue, Wyke, Bradford, was given a 12 month community order with 120 days of alcohol abstinence monitoring and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days; costs of £85 and a surcharge of £114.