A TEENAGER has been handed four years in prison for viciously attacking three young women in the street after Pride.

Shaun Christopher Delaney, 18, a bricklayer of Arundel Road, Brighton, was sentenced when he appeared at Hove Crown Court last Friday, having been convicted of two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm and one of causing actual bodily harm.

The sentencing follows an incident in Churchill Square, Brighton, during the early hours of Sunday, August 2, in which the three women, one aged 34 from Great Yarmouth, one aged 22 from Lancing and one aged 25 from Hove, were attacked and injured by Delaney.

Detective Constable Duncan Lloyd said: "This was a completely random and unprovoked attack by Delaney on three people he had never met.

"They had been together, celebrating the Pride event in the city that weekend, when Delaney, who was high on drink and drugs, picked on them for no known reason.

"The woman from Great Yarmouth was hit in the head with a bottle, the 22-year-old sustained nasty facial injuries and the woman from Hove was kicked.

"Fortunately police were quickly on the scene and arrested Delaney nearby.

"We would like to thank several members of the public who intervened and detained Delaney, which undoubtedly prevented further injuries."