A drunken homophobic thug splashed a noxious fluid over six strangers during a horrific attack outside a gay nightclub, a court heard today.

Jonathan Lynn, 31, emptied the contents of an Evian bottle over a group of young gay friends just after 4am in Vauxhall, south London.

It left his victims fearing they were blinded and disfigured for life.

He pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court to assaulting the four, causing three of them actual bodily harm, outside the Lightbox nightclub on June 7 and possessing an offensive weapon, namely a noxious fluid.

Jonathan Lynn, caught on CCTV outside the Lightbox club, Vauxhall, where he attacked a group of revellers Inner London Crown Court

He also admitted assaulting a woman passer-by, twenty-something Melissa Thompson, who was also splashed in the eyes and twenty minutes later, Ashgar Jafi, also in his 20's, who was sprayed with the liquid after the defendant stepped on his foot as he waited in the nightclub queue.

Model Parish Frith, 23, was involved in a verbal exchange with Lynn at 4.27am after the victim approached two girls outside the club and was challenged by the defendant.

Lynn, of Worcester Park, south-west London, said: 'This is my bird.'

But they were, in fact, strangers, who did not know Lynn and one girl told the victim: 'We don't really get on with gays. F*** off.'

He was splashed with the contents of the bottle along with his friends, Benjamin Moore, 21, and Yousef Khan and Ryan Cleary, also aged in their early twenties.

'The defendant has carried out a serious unprovoked homophobic assault on gay men,' explained prosecutor James Keeley. 'Mr Frith replied that he was not interested in women and that he was gay.'

Lynn, from south-west London, was remanded in custody until Thursday when he will be sentenced

Lynn replied: 'We don't like gays,' and as Mr. Frith walked away shouted: 'Oi! Come here.'

'The defendant called Mr Frith back and as he approached he was at arm's length distance when the defendant produced a bottle and splashed the contents in Mr Frith's face, which went into his eyes, nose, mouth and throat,' explained Mr. Keeley.

'He said it tasted disgusting, he was inhaling fumes, couldn't breath and felt his face was burning and melting. He did not know if he was going to die or end up with no face.'

Mr Frith suffered painful ulcers to his tongue and to the back of his throat and a month later had no sense of taste and difficulty eating and continues to take anti-depressants to deal with his loss of self-worth.

Lynn pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court (pictured) to assaulting the four, causing three of them actual bodily harm

His friend Mr Moore also suffered injuries.

'The liquid hit Mr Moore full in the face, it went into his eyes, he panicked, his eyes were streaming and his face felt like it was on fire.

'He describes it as the worst moment of his life,' said Mr Keeley, adding the young man was left with an ulcer in the cornea of his left eye and continues to receive treatment at Moorfields Eye Hospital for blurred vision and burns in his cornea.

'The liquid went into Mr Khan's face and eyes. It was burning the right side of his face. Mr Khan believes this was a homophobic attack on him and his friends.'

The asthmatic victim did not seek medical treatment as he tried unsuccessfully to keep his sexuality a secret from his family, who he now feels have 'disowned him'.

The fourth friend was the subject of the less serious charge of common assault.

My face was burning so much, I thought it was acid. I thought I would never see again and my face was melting

'A small amount of fluid hit Mr Cleary's eye. It stung Mr Cleary's eye. The defendant is described as vicious in his actions in that he wanted to hurt both men and then walked away with no remorse.'

Passer-by Miss Thompson was leaving the club at the time. 'She felt a splash in her right eye and felt pain in the back of her left eye. She was panicking and thought she was going blind.'

Mr Jafi had a verbal exchange with Lynn after the defendant stepped on his foot twenty minutes later. 'The defendant sprayed him in the face with the contents of what looked like a Sprite bottle.'

Lynn, who has served time for robbery and was on licence from prison at the time after receiving seven years in December, 2009 for possessing 1.5 kilos of cocaine and £30,000 in criminal property, was arrested in pub four days later.

His lawyer Piers Mostyn told the court: 'He had previously been a victim of an attack in the area and took it with him for self-defence, a friend having left it at his address. He did not go out intending to use it.

'The defendant vehemently denies having any homophobic views and expressing those views. He was very drunk and remembers very little of what happened.'

Lynn was remanded in custody until Thursday when he will be sentenced.

Mr Frith told Evening Standard shortly after the attack: 'As we walked away I heard a man shout: "Oi! Come here." At first I thought it was the doorman saying he'd changed his mind and we could go in.

'Then I saw this white guy with a beard and his hand coming up with a water bottle and he squirted really hard into my face. It went straight into my eyes and it sprayed into my friend's mouth.

'My face was burning so much, I thought it was acid. I thought I would never see again and my face was melting.

'He poured every last drop onto us and then turned around and walked away, like it was mission accomplished.

'The chemical burnt the cornea in my left eye and the vision hasn't cleared since. The doctors said it should hopefully return, but there is no guarantee.