A football loving judge issued a teenager with a “yellow card” after he failed to twice turn up for unpaid work.

Spurs fan Judge Philip Statman warned Gaby Calin that next time it would be a red – which meant being sent off to a young offenders’ institution.

Instead, Calin was given another 20 hours unpaid work.

The soccer analogy was used when the 18-year-old father appeared at Maidstone Crown Court for breaching a community order imposed for assault by beating.

He was ordered to complete 80 hours’ unpaid work but failed to attend on September 26 and October 3. A three-month tagged curfew from 8pm to 8am was also imposed.

Calin, who was a witness in the trial of five youths jailed for life for the murder of Kyle Yule in Gillingham, and another teenager assaulted a security guard after intimidating staff in a gambling shop.

He and Connor McCormick, 18, went into Admiral Casino in Gillingham High Street at about 10pm on January 11.

Two female staff members challenged them about their age and they were unable to prove they were over 18.

Calin became aggressive and fearing for their safety, the women called for help from Bashirudare Komolafe, a security guard at nearby McDonald’s but the teens attacked him.

The teenagers refused to leave. Mr Komolafe put his arm around them to escort them out but McCormick punched him in the face, striking him a number of times with both fists.

"If you decide to breach it, you will be sent off. You will be sent to prison..." Judge Statman

As he struggled with McCormick, Calin punched him three times to the back of the head. Calin was ordered to pay the victim £200 compensation.

McCormick admitted assault at magistrates’ court and was given a conditional discharge – a sentence that surprised the judge.

Judge Statman said when passing sentence that Calin had “a serious attitude problem”, being “defiant and dismissive”.

The judge warned: “If you defy my order, next time you come back for a breach, make sure you have your toothbrush with you because I will be sending you to Elmley (Prison).”

Warehouse worker Calin, of Beresford Road, Gillingham, said when he appeared for the breach: “I am sorry I didn’t attend. I was trying to finish it to get it out of the way. I have done 40 hours. I was depressed because I wasn’t allowed to see my daughter because my ex cheated on me.”

Spurs fan Judge Statman asked him: “Do you understand what a yellow card is in football? If you get one and you get a second offence, you get sent off. This is a yellow card for you.

“I am going to give you another 20 hours unpaid work. If you decide to breach it, you will be sent off. You will be sent to prison. Do it again and you will be in deep trouble.”

The murder trial heard a gang of youths headed by Victor Maibvisira, 19, had on the evening of October 7 last year gone to Calin’s home because they believed he had stolen a bike.

He was not there and the teenagers then went to East Street in the town where Kyle, 17, was sitting alone in Calin’s Renault Clio.

Tyres on the car were slashed and windows broken before Kyle tried to run to the nearby home of his best friend Lewis Dilallo.

He only made it to the door before he was attacked with Maibvisira inflicting the fatal wound.

Calin gave evidence at the trial for the prosecution, telling of violence leading up to the fatal attack.