The brothers, and a group of other men, started to fight each other outside a Cambridge nightclub in 2022.
Two brothers are heading to jail after carrying out a rampage through the centre of Cambridge. Rhys Nichols, 25, and Lewis Nichols, 28, and a gang of others started their violent rampage at Lola Lo’s nightclub at around 3am on May 14, 2022.
They used belts to fight each other outside the nightclub, before moving on with others to Downing Street. There, they attacked an innocent bystander outside the Hilton Hotel.
The victim, a 20-year-old man, was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital with serious injuries. The group continued to fight with each other in Regent Street.
Cambridgeshire Police officers then arrived at the scene. The brothers, both of Mill Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm and affray. Rhys Nichols also admitted assault of an emergency worker.
Both appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on December 15. Rhys was sentenced to 18 months, while Lewis was sentenced to 19 months.
Five other men were also sentenced at the same court on November 15. They all plead guilty to affray and received the following sentences:
- Jonathan Batt, 26, of Wissen Drive, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, received four months in prison, suspended for ten months.
- Ben Cooper, 23, of Chaucer Way, Hitchin, received 16 months in prison suspended for 16 months.
- Bradley Flattery, 24, of Swinburne Avenue, Hitchin, received six months in prison suspended for 10 months.
- Kai Fletcher, 23, of Rands Meadow, Holwell, Hitchin, received 28 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.
- Toby Ogbonna, 31, of Union Lane, Cambridge, received a community order to complete 100 hours of unpaid work for affray outside Lola Lo’s only.
Another man, named Reggie Barton, 21, of Kingswood Avenue, Hitchin, pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm, affray and perverting the course of Justice on Friday, July 4. He was given a community order to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work on Friday, November 28.
PC Rob Tindall, who investigated, said: “People should be able to go out in our town and city centres without having to witness this kind of mindless violence. The victim was on a night out and minding his own business but ended up in hospital following this unprovoked attack.
“The prison sentences handed out to the brothers, together with the other convictions, show how seriously this kind of behaviour is taken by the justice system.”
