A disgruntled clubber who killed a pedestrian with his car after a nightclub argument has been jailed for life.

Ranjit Nankani, 30, of Croydon, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 18 years at the Old Bailey this morning after the murder of Gary Johnson, 25, of Knollys Road, Streatham, who he ploughed into after accelerating on to the pavement opposite the Ministry of Sound club.

The murder happened over an argument that escalated when Nankani stepped on Mr Johnson's foot on the dancefloor inside the club.

The court was told Mr Nankani's actions were “a staggering act of revenge” after the two men and their friends were ejected from the club after a fight at an August bank holiday Monday event last year.

Mr Johnson was thrown into the air, carried on the bonnet and had his head partially decapitated against a wall as Nankani hit him in his Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4.

Nankani continued driving and collided with a parked car, after which Dwayne McPherson, a friend of Mr Johnson's, whipped out a gun and fired four shots at Nankani in an act of retaliation, hitting him once in the shoulder. Nankani, and two friends he was in the car with, fled the scene, but Nankani was linked to the murder after going to a policeman later in the evening to say he had been shot.

McPherson, of Sydenham, was found guilty of attempted murder of Nankani and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

He will sentenced on September 10.