Man jailed over attack on former Richmond captain Kane Johnson at wedding after-party Kane Johnson after he announced his retirement as a Richmond player. A MAN bit former Richmond skipper Kane Johnsons ear after his girlfriend claimed he hit on her at a boozy after-party for a former Tiger player's wedding, a court heard today. Matthew Barton, 24, was jailed for up to 15 months for biting and punching Johnson, 33, and king-hitting another guest at the Laika Bar in St Kilda in the early hours of February 5, after attending Kayne Pettifer's nuptials. Barton's girlfriend told him she had been inappropriately touched more than once and indicated the unwanted attention had come from Johnson, the Melbourne Magistrates" Court heard. "There was talk that Kane might have cracked on to Barton's girlfriend but I don't know if that's true," a witness statement read to the court said. Magistrate Jack Vandersteen said he did not see this behaviour in CCTV footage from the night. "I make no findings at all as to whether or not what you were told is correct," he said. Footage from the Fitzroy St bar showed the former Xavier College student approached Johnson on the dance floor and put his arm around him before biting his ear and repeatedly punching him in the face, the court heard. After being ejected by a security guard, Barton king-hit 28-year-old Angus McDonald, who was sitting outside, knocking him unconscious. Prosecutor Diana Hogan said Mr McDonald lost consciousness after the first blow and fell and hit his head on the pavement after the second. Defence counsel Brian Bourke said Mr McDonald had "gesticulated" towards a drunk Barton, but Mr Vandersteen told the court he could not seen the gesture in the footage. "It almost seems like it is a revengeful, purposeful act directed towards these two males," Mr Vandersteen said. The court heard Johnson, who retired from football in 2009, suffered cuts, bruising and swelling to his right ear - which required further treatment after it became infected - as well as a blood nose and a cut above his left eye. In his victim impact statement, Johnson said he appreciated Barton's letter of apology - despite its lateness - and hoped the incident would act as a great lesson to all involved. Ms Hogan said Mr McDonald received a 5cm laceration and swelling to the back of his head and a bruised and swollen jaw. She conceded the victim, who was found to have a blood alcohol reading of 0.22, was intoxicated. The court previously heard a number of members of the Richmond Football Club attended the wedding. In requesting an immediate term of imprisonment, Ms Hogan said the court needed to send a message to both Barton and the community that alcohol-fuelled violence at licensed premises would not be tolerated. "That kind of vigilante behaviour will not be condoned," she said. Barton, who was on bail and summons for two other incidents at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury and intentionally causing injury. The court heard Barton, who spent 12 days in custody before being bailed, had been involved in previous assaults at a Warrnambool hotel and a Toorak nightclub. Barton - who lives in Warrnambool and is being groomed to take over his family's large waste collection business - was sentenced to a non-parole period of five months. Dressed in a tight white shirt and tie, Barton sat with his mother and girlfriend, who cried after he was sentenced. An appeal against the sentence was lodged immediately and Barton was bailed.