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A husband out celebrating his wedding anniversary ended up under attack in a lap-dancing club after his wife went to bed.

Club boss Mohammed Iqbal and colleague Chris Masson were ordered to carry out unpaid work for the assault.

Victim George Williamson claimed he hadn’t realised The Mask in Aberdeen’s Bridge Street was a strip joint.

It describes itself as “a hotspot among gentlemen’s clubs offering up-scale discrete adult entertainment until the very late hours”.

Williamson had slipped out of his nearby hotel when his wife went to bed and was approached by two women “doing promo” for The Mask.

They accompanied him to an ATM machine where he withdrew money and was then lured inside by the women.

Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Williamson was in a booth with two women when he was attacked.

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Iqbal, 29, brought a tray of drinks to the table – and turned violent when Williamson refused to pay.

He insisted he thought it was a bar and only realised it was a strip club when Iqbal demanded he stump up for all three drinks.

When Williamson stood up Iqbal punched him in the face causing him to fall backwards.

Iqbal swung further punches then threw the man to the ground, placed him in a headlock and elbowed him in the face.

The victim suffered a fractured left cheekbone and permanent scarring to his right eye.

Iqbal and colleague Chris Masson then threw the man down a set of stairs and against a bar, before turfing him out onto the road.

Security footage showed two women leading Williamson into the club, with a pole dancer gyrating on a stage in the background.

Footage from the booth showed one of the female staff removing her top, putting another top on and dancing next to the man before Iqbal walked in and punched him four times.

Williamson needed had time off work recovering from the attack and suffers from anxiety as a result.

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Iqbal, of Aberdeen, admitted assault to the victim’s severe injury and Masson, 26, also Aberdeen, admitted assault.

Solicitor David Sutherland said Iqbal accepted he’d gone “well over the score” and had shown remorse and regret for his actions.

Sheriff Andrew Miller said Iqbal had carried out an “overwhelming assault”.

He placed him under a year’s supervision for self-control issues and ordered him to complete 180 hours unpaid work in the community.

Masson, who played a lesser role in the attack, was ordered to complete 120 hours unpaid work.