A man accused of an assault in Cambridge’s Fez Club in April has denied the charges, despite being identified by the victim from the club’s promotional photos.

Appearing before Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday, 22-year-old Charlie Potter denied having been involved in a gang assault which left a man in need of emergency dental surgery.

The attack took place on 25th April in Fez Club, a nightclub infamous among students for its alternative garage, bass and house nights.

On the night of the attack, a group of three men allegedly began beating the victim without any provocation, leaving him with considerable facial injuries and requiring a titanium implant in his mouth.

The victim identified his attackers from a police identity parade as well as from promotional photos that had been posted on Fez Club’s own Facebook page.

The prosecution said that the victim “left the toilet. He walked past a man who grabbed him by the shoulder. He was then attacked. He was punched in the head’’.

The defence responded by pointing to the victim’s admission that he had been consuming alcohol at the time of the attack, arguing that he had not had sufficient time or capacity to identify Potter.

“Your entire view was limited to a period of 15 to 30 seconds,” said Jacqueline Appleton, defending Potter.

Describing the injuries he had sustained from the attack to the court, the victim stated that they had taken over eight months to heal. “I had cuts to my face and round my eyes, nose and mouth,” he said.

“I also had a hole through the bottom half of my lip and a chunk taken out of one of my canine teeth. I had to have extensive treatment. It resulted in me losing the tooth and having to have a surgical implant.”

This incident is not the first serious assault in the club’s history. Previously, a man named Anthony Lyare was sentenced to serve four years’ imprisonment after he sexually assaulted two girls in separate incidents after meeting them at Fez Club.