A PAIR of Basingstoke bouncers have been jailed for carrying out a savage attack on a man as he queued for a kebab.

Brian Aubrey, 46, was spared from a life sentence and instead sent to jail for six years because of the length of time since his last offence and his previous good character.

His brother Ivor, 38, also a registered doorman with Basingstoke council with a clean record, was given a four-and-a-half-year sentence.

In March, both men were found guilty by a jury of wounding Richard Hart with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.

Passing sentence, Recorder Jeremy Smith told the brothers: "The evidence against you was overwhelming."

Throughout the trial at Winchester Crown Court, the brothers denied being part of a group of five men who drove up and assaulted Mr Hart as he and his wife queued at the kebab van at Worting Road, Basingstoke, in February last year.

The jury was told by the prosecution that the brothers, who live at Aubrey Place, Aldermaston Road, Sherborne St John, carried out the attack on Mr Hart to teach him a lesson after he had been a nuisance when he came to pick up his wife from Bud's bar.

The trial heard that one of the group of attackers had a wooden club and another a piece of metal, like a knuckle-duster.

In sentencing the pair, Mr Recorder Smith said he was satisfied this was an "exceptional case", making it unnecessary for a life sentence to be imposed.

Taking into account the brothers' request to be treated equally, although some of the evidence suggested one was more dominant than the other, he said the fact they had not appeared in court before in all their years as doormen went in their favour.

In dealing with Brian Aubrey, Mr Recorder Smith said he "lied comprehensively" when giving evidence but took into account his last conviction for GBH with intent was back in 1984.