LOOKALIKE: Nicky Weight (left) was compared to Joey Essex on the night

Ex-amateur boxer Nicky Weight, 25, was convicted of attacking Brian Ferguson causing actual bodily harm and unlawfully wounding his brother Colin after a night out clubbing.

Plymouth Crown Court heard Brian had been celebrating his 50th birthday in the city centre on the night he was assaulted.

Prosecutor Edward Bailey said he and his pals had left a nightclub and was heading for a taxi when Weight was "acting aggressively and shouting at them".

He said:"None of his group of six had met Weight before and Brian Ferguson in particular was doing his best to calm him down and just say leave us alone."

He was then punched to the face and fell to the ground where he lost consciousness.

And when he came round his younger brother was lying prone on the floor nearby.

REAL THING: Joey Essex

Lawyer Deni Mathews said Weight, from Plymouth, was "teased" by the victim's group outside the club.

He said: "Mr Weight was teased by the group of six because he looked like Joey Essex and in particular because he was wearing skinny jeans."

Both brothers suffered facial cuts which needed stitches and gluing at hospital.

Weight told the jury he lashed out because he feared he was going to be attacked by six men in the street.

He said: "One of the group said 'nice skinny jeans, you are Joey Essex'. I replied, what would you know about fashion? You are old'.

"It started off as a bit of banter and it escalated into something more serious. I thought I was going to be punched. I was just trying to get away.

There were six guys and one of me. It was not a good situation."

Weight denied two assault charges from last August but the jury convicted him on both counts.

He has a history of violence and has been jailed for 30 weeks.