A PUB resembled a Wild West saloon after a pool-room brawl broke out between a party of tourists and another group of people, a court heard.

Cues, chairs, ashtrays and glasses were hurled across the room at the inn after the violence erupted last Christmas.

At one point a blood-covered pool ball was seen flying through the air, Droitwich magistrates were told.

Two girls aged 14 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and were involved in the figh,t were sentenced to 12-month supervision orders after justices read pre-sentence reports.

Sally Badham, prosecuting, said the tourists had been celebrating a birthday and there had been some banter between the two groups.

Trouble flared after one barman started a shift at the south Worcestershire pub.

Miss Badham said the barman had banned one of the local group a week before and told them he would not serve them and they were to leave.

"They became abusive and threatening and returned to the pool-room and he heard the sound of breaking glasses, bottles, and cues, and a pool ball was thrown towards the other party," she added.

"One of the girls ran and jumped on the tourists. Another was holding one in a headlock but they didn't appear to be fighting back.

"The tourists escaped through a fire door, except for two, one being held in a headlock and the other being hit with a pool cue.

"One officer who arrived on the scene said it was like a Wild West saloon."

The fighting spilled out to a neighbouring street where the two defendants were arrested.

Both admitted affray on December 27.

Iain Willis, defending, said the pair had been drinking peacefully with their friends all afternoon but the arrival of the barman led to a downturn in the atmosphere.

He said a dispute broke out in which one of the girls' group was struck over the head with a glass and mayhem erupted.

Mr Willis said one of his clients accepted throwing a pool ball and the other various items but no more than that.

"They were with older people and got sucked into it," he said.