A violent thug drunk on cider swung a carrier bag containing a broken bottle at a woman's head.
Jonathan Dyer punched and kicked three different women during a "deplorable incident of violence".
The 29-year-old - who rated himself 9 out of 10 on a scale of drunkenness - then spat at two police officers.
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Liverpool Crown Court heard Dyer's rampage began at the West Bank Village Store in Widnes at 6.10pm on August 18 this year.
Michael Stephenson, prosecuting, said: "By his own admission in interview he'd had six cans of strong cider at that point."
Dyer was told he couldn't come into the shop in Mersey Road because there were a maximum of four customers already inside the store.
But he "piggybacked" his way in with another customer, Joanne Whitby, and when told to leave, started grabbing packets of crisps.
CCTV footage showed he became involved in a "tussle" with staff member Donna Evans, during which "she was pulled over a freezer together with him".
Mr Stephenson said Dyer dropped a plastic bag he was carrying, causing a bottle inside to break, before he was pushed outside, but then pushed Ms Evans against a door.
He said: "She was assaulted outside. He swings that bag containing a broken bottle at her head twice, he appears to kick her to the head and also to punch her, after which she goes to the ground."
CCTV footage showed this attack in the street, during which he aimed a high kick at Ms Evans' head, before walking away.
However, Ms Whitby was asked to take a photo of Dyer on her phone and when he saw her doing that, he returned and aimed five punches at her face.
Another woman, Kathy Grace, who saw the attacks from the window of her home, came outside and tried to intervene to protect the women, but Dyer punched her in the back of the head.
Mr Stephenson said police were called and an officer who was aware Dyer had a broken bottle took him down to the ground.
He said Dyer shouted "sexual abuse" and called him a "f****t", before spitting on his boots and leg.
A female officer tried to put a spit hood on Dyer, who spat on her sleeve, and when he arrived at a police station, he kicked the male officer in the leg.
Photos showed Ms Evans suffered a lump on her head, a mark under one eye and bruising to an arm, while Ms Whitby had pain in her jaw and a cut inside her mouth.
Dyer, of no fixed address, but formerly of Halton Lodge Avenue, Runcorn, admitted two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm, one count of common assault, three counts of assaulting emergency workers and one count of threatening behaviour.
He has 17 previous convictions for 40 offences, including multiple charges of battery and assaults on police.
Dyer was jailed for three years for attempted robbery in 2017 and has also served time for harassment and breaches of restraining orders.
Paul Wood, defending, said his client knew he was facing prison and was sorry for his actions when "drunk".
He said Dyer told him he wasn't an alcoholic, but another person reading about his daily drinking might assess him as being one.
Mr Wood said: "What he says is he binge drinks and then his behaviour deteriorates."
The lawyer added: "He says, these are his words, 'I feel terrible, those ladies should not be frightened to go to work, and I would personally like to apologise to them'."
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "That would carry more weight if it was not for the numerous occasions he's either assaulted, battered or robbed someone else."
Mr Wood said "troubled" Dyer had long standing issues with anxiety and depression for which he is on medication and believed he needed further assessment for possible Asperger's Syndrome or autism, because of his "struggles to read social situations" and "struggles to make eye contact".
Judge Aubrey told Dyer he had "an appalling criminal record" and would be sentenced for "deplorable, ugly, violent" attacks on "vulnerable people".
He said: "You objected to the system in place in consequence of the pandemic, where numbers were reduced in this shop, a shop that is a valuable service to the local community."
Judge Aubrey said Dyer refused to leave, tussled with Ms Evans and after he was ejected "you still wouldn't come to your senses".
He said fortunately the injuries caused by Dyer swinging the bag containing a broken bottle at Ms Evans' head, punching her and kicking her were "not nearly as serious as they might have been" when "all she was doing that evening was simply seeking to do her job".
Judge Aubrey said: "The inescapable conclusion is this, that you were in drink and regrettably, when in drink, frequently you are violent."
He added: "The police officers again are entitled, rightly so, to the protection of the law from violent persons such as you.
"I repeat this - it was a deplorable incident of violence."
The judge jailed Dyer for two years and said: "You're extremely fortunate that the injuries were not as serious as they could have been.
"Had they been, the sentence this court imposes upon you would have been considerably longer."
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