‘DRUNKEN thugs’ who assaulted a man outside a Basingstoke nightclub have avoided going to prison after their case was delayed due to the Covid pandemic, a court has heard. Charlie Hart and Saul Alan Jones were on a night out with friends at Fever nightclub in December 2018, when they formed part of a group which kicked and punched an off-duty special constable to the ground after he tried to break up a fight. Police were called to the area at around 3.30am on December 8 2018, where they found a group of males surrounding Bradley Bartlett, who was on the ground and being kicked.