This is the shocking moment a drunk former soldier smashed his car through metal barriers into two nightclub doormen.
Shailem Dodson, 20, was kicked out of a popular nightclub in Bournemouth, Dorset after two women complained he was causing trouble, Winchester Crown Court, Hants, heard on Monday.
CCTV footage shows Dodson mount the pavement in his black Vauxhall Corsa before ploughing through metal railings and launching doorman Rafael Zanin into the air.
Prosecutors alleged Dodson “used his car as a weapon” in a revenge attack after being kicked out of the Halo nightclub, at around 2.30am on December 12, last year
He was cleared of attempted murder and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm on Monday.
Dodson previously admitted common assault, drink driving and dangerous driving and will be sentenced later this month.
Prosecutor Rob Welling said: "Mr Dodson was intent on getting his revenge. He used his car as a weapon and drove into two doormen.
"One of those doormen, Rafael Zanin, was struck by the front of the car and launched into concrete steps behind him.”
Terrified onlookers rushed to Mr Zanin's aid as he lay on the floor bleeding from the head, while a second doorman punched Dodson as he attempted to flee.
The jury also saw CCTV footage of Dodson punching doorman Darren Peterson, before being restrained on the floor as he allegedly spat at and threatened to kill the nightclub security staff, the Sun reports.
Giving evidence, doorman Mr Peterson denied he and his colleagues had been "heavy-handed" with the defendant.
Mr Peterson told jurors Dodson had shouted "you wait, I will be back", adding the former soldier of two and a half years had said he would kill them.
The doorman said: "I went to talk to [Dodson] after a complaint was made by two women in the club.
"He went straight on the defensive, saying he had done nothing wrong.
"We wanted to restrain him and then hold on to him until the police came along and he was arrested or moved out the area.
"He said he would come back and kill us. As he was leaving he was still very angry, shouting threats still. He said 'you wait, I will be back'”, the Sun reports.
The former soldier was released on bail.
