A dad-of-two has been banned from seeing his brother after injuring his sibling in a “play fight gone wrong”.

Lewis Peyton, from Broadstairs, choked and punched Alystair Valentine at the victim’s Ramsgate home.

The incident – which left Mr Valentine with a nasty head injury – occurred after the two men had been drinking at a local pub on May 5.

Details of the attack were laid out at Margate Magistrates’ Court as Peyton appeared in the dock this week.

Prosecuting, Terry Knox said after their pub visit the brothers returned to Mr Valentine’s flat, where Peyton is said to have become “obnoxious and arrogant”.

Mr Valentine said in a statement: “Peyton was grabbing at my legs and then he started to hump my legs thinking he was being funny.

“I shouted ‘get the f*** off me’ but Peyton came at me from behind, grabbed me by the throat and started punching me several times.

“‘My legs gave way and I fell to the floor.’”

The court heard how as Mr Valentine tumbled, he hit the side of his head on a door handle, leaving him with a painful gash.

Peyton, of Westcliff Road, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm during proceedings on Thursday.

But mitigating, the defendant’s solicitor, Simone Meerabux, described the altercation as a “play fight which went significantly wrong”.

“Mr Peyton tells me he had a very close relationship with his brother and the fact that he is in court today for an assault on his brother has caused him a great deal of regret and remorse,” she said.

“He has lost that relationship and familiar bond with his brother.”

A representative from the probation service added that Peyton, 33, suffers from ADHD and depression and that during the period of the offence was drinking heavily because he had recently broken up with his partner.

After briefly retiring to consider their verdict, magistrates handed down a community order and banned Peyton from drinking or contacting his sibling.

“We’re going to fit you with an alcohol monitoring tag so you can’t touch a drop of alcohol for 128 days…”

“This was a fight between brothers that got out of hand - it’s very unfortunate but we are where we are and the victim has asked for a restraining order,” said chairman of the bench Mark Nieman.

“We are going to sentence you to 200 hours of community work over a period of 12 months and order you to complete 30 rehabilitation sessions.

“Now, you said that alcohol is a problem for you, so we’re going to fit you with an alcohol monitoring tag so you can’t touch a drop of alcohol for 128 days.”

Peyton was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and court costs of £85, and to have no contact with his brother, or visit his address, for two years.