A New Year's Eve reveller has admitted taking part in a pub brawl which was so shocking it featured on BBC's Crimewatch.

Robert Graham, 20, was caught on CCTV kicking and punching a victim who was dressed up as a French maid during the fancy dress party.

The violence flared at the Tor Abbey Inn Torquay, where a fellow partygoer was knocked to the ground and kicked, Exeter Crown Court heard yesterday.

Graham, of Treves Road, Dorchester, admitted affray and his case was adjourned for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.