A nightclubber has been ordered to pay £500 compensation to a bouncer he knocked unconscious.
Markell Clarke (22) admitted causing actual bodily harm to the doorman outside the Hush nightclub, Albion Street, Leicester, at 2.20am on January 29 .
CCTV footage was shown at Leicester Crown Court.
Ben Gow, prosecuting, said Clarke and others were refused entry because the club was full.
People were getting annoyed and began arguing with the doormen.
Clarke and others went round the back to try and get in another way, but a few minutes later Clarke returned to the main entrance.
Footage showed him launching an unprovoked attack on a doorman, who was felled by a single blow.
Mr Gow said other door staff picked up the unconscious victim and carried him inside.
Clarke, of Lonsdale Street, Spinney Hill, Leicester, was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for a year and was ordered to pay compensation.
Co-accused Tobias Hawkins (21), who was queuing outside, also became involved. He picked up a barrier rope.
Mr Gow said: "We can see Hawkins throwing it at the police officers as they arrived and it hit one of them on the leg.
"He also kicked out at an officer when he was arrested."
Hawkins, of Severn Street, Highfields, admitted causing an affray. He was fined £250.
Andrew Fryman, mitigating for Clarke, said: "It wasn't premeditated and was over very quickly and no serious injury was caused."
David Baird, for Hawkins, said: "He got caught up in the incident.
"He's not a big drinker. He had had a drink and was the worse for wear."
