A BRAWL erupted outside McDonald's when door staff asked a customer to leave because he had a bottle of beer.

Aidan Cawley, brother Nicholas Cawley and Alexander Vale all admitted affray following the attack at the restaurant in The Foregate in Worcester city centre which was captured on CCTV.

Aidan Cawley, aged 25, of The Grove, Stourport, Nicholas Cawley, aged 30, also of The Grove, Stourport and Alexander Vale, aged 30, of Areley Common, Stourport appeared before judge Jim Tindal at Worcester Crown Court on Friday.

Christopher Lester, prosecuting, said the incident on December 10 last year began when one of the security men told Vale 'you can't have bottles of beer in here'.

Despite some protest, the three men left the restaurant but remained by the door with two members of the security staff standing in the doorway, preventing them from coming back inside.

The footage was played at Worcester Crown Court on Friday.

Aidan Cawley can be seen lunging forward and launching a punch before the others join in the attack. Vale is seen brandishing the beer bottle.

At one point Mr Lester said a security guard from another venue came to assist the door staff.

One of security men from McDonald's had to take a few days off work and lost money after suffering painful swelling to his cheek and headaches.

All three men were of effectively good character although Nicholas Cawley had a conviction for careless driving from 2010 and Vale a caution for being drunk and disorderly in 2007.

The men were all interviewed by probation officers before they were sentenced.

Michael Aspinall, for Aidan Cawley, said the father-of-two, who worked as a self-employed builder, accepted he needed to be punished.

Mr Aspinall said father-of-one Vale, who is trying to set up a microbrewery, had displayed 'deep embarrassment' over what happened.

Jason Aris, for Nicholas Cawley, said the father had worked in the US with children bereaved as a result of 9/11. He said the CCTV showed that Cawley had 'kept his brother back' to begin with.

He said: "This was a moment of madness. He initially acted as peacemaker and only got involved in the violence when his brother threw blows at the bouncer."

Judge Jim Tindal said: "The reality of the situation is that you're not criminals. This was the behaviour of three ordinary, otherwise sensible young men who work and have family commitments who got drunk and in the evening completely and utterly lost control. It was an extremely unpleasant incident."

Judge Tindal said it was a three-on-two attack and Vale had 'brought a bottle to the fight'.

"This is precisely the reason people are worried about going out in town in the evening - because they don't want to get caught up in this sort of trouble" he said.

He sentenced all three to six months in prison but in each case suspended the sentence for 12 months. They must all complete 100 hours of unpaid work and pay compensation of £150 each to the security guard who was struck.

They must also pay £50 each in costs and a victim surcharge.