NINE men have been jailed for nearly 16 years after a wedding reception turned into a 50-man "bloodbath".
Michael Stokes, 56, threw a chair at the 2019 party, which resulted in £18,000 worth of damage being done to a Cheshire hotel.
He has since been jailed along with eight other members of his family.
John Stokes, 23, John Steven Stokes, 27, Stephen Stokes, 25, Brian Stokes, 25, Edward Joseph Stokes, 21, Thomas Stokes, 30, Edward William Stokes, 28, and Terry Stokes, 36, were all jailed for the brawl.
A barman told Chester Crown Court he saw three men arguing before a fight broke out.
CCTV footage showed chairs and glasses being thrown across the function room.
Sweet carts hired for the wedding were also shown being tipped upside down.
The court heard £16,000 of the damage was caused to the hotel and £2,400 was caused to the wedding planner's stock.
Stokes, who has a previous conviction of violent disorder, pleaded guilty to the same charge.
Judge Simon Berkson said Stokes had "clearly not learned his lesson".
Dafydd Roberts defending said Stokes ended up needing hospital treatment after he dislocated his shoulder during the chaos.
He told the court: "His last conviction was in 2015 and has not been in trouble since then, so this is not an entrenched pattern of offending."
Judge Berkson added: "The events of that day were truly shocking to anyone who saw them.
"For those present and innocent, one can only imagine the fear.
"What should have been a happy occasion, a wedding, turned into a bloodbath."
He said the only punishment acceptable would be imprisonment.
The nine offenders were found guilty of the violence:
- Stokes, of Crewe, was sentenced to two years in prison.
- Edward William Stokes, of Milton Keynes, got 27 months.
- Thomas Stokes, of Milton Keynes, was sentenced for 25 months.
- Terry Stokes, of Winsford, was jailed for 21 months.
- Stephen Stokes, 25, of Fairfield, was given 20 months.
- John Christopher Stokes, of Antrim, Northern Ireland, was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
- Brian Stokes, 25, of Crewe, was given 18 months.
- John Steven Stokes, 27, of Crew, was jailed for 21 months.
- Edward Joseph Stokes, 21, of Crewe, was sentenced for 18 months.
A tenth man, Edward Stokes, 50, faced a lesser charge of threatening behaviour and was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.
He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.
