Two Oasis bouncers were yesterday acquitted of beating up a reveller after a Supreme Court judge ruled they had no case to answer.

Delmon Roy Talbot, 39, of Talbot Lane, Smith's and Frank Ernest Matthie, 33, of Aerial View Road, Devonshire, had both denied grievous bodily harm and walked free after the jury was directed to give a not guilty verdict.

They had been accused of attacking Gabriel Cabrall, 21, who ended up with a broken jaw in the early hours of June 17, last year outside Oasis nightclub on Front Street.

But Assistant Justice Archibald Warner said there were massive inconsistencies in the prosecution case.

He said the evidence was "contradictory, inherently weak and tenuous".

Mr. Warner pointed to internal inconsistencies in the witness testimony, describing it as unreliable.

After the verdict lawyer Mark Pettingill, who represented both defendants, said: "I am not at all surprised and had anticipated it on the basis of the evidence."

He said one prosecution witness, Trevor Corday, had said Mr. Cabrall had been hit by Mr. Talbot with a long metal flashlight while another Oasis bouncer, Richard Jones, had said Mr. Matthie had punched him.

Mr. Warner had said prosecution witnesses gave different locations for the attack and that one witness had seen Mr. Talbot place the flashlight on the admissions desk before the confrontation.

He said: "This isn't a defence witness, it's a prosecution witness."

He said Mr. Corday had given a story about a vicious assault involving punches and kicks to the stomach which no one else referred to.

He said: "Did everyone else have their eyes closed?"

Mr Pettingill said: "It was clear the prosecution witnesses had conflicting evidence so you have to acquit."

He said security staff had a difficult job dealing with drunk and belligerent clubbers.

Prosecutor Graveney Bannister declined to comment after the case.

Earlier in the trial Mr. Cabrall had told the jury he could not recall the attack but he said he still suffered from his injuries more than one year on.