Rugby player left elderly neighbour with fractured eye socket in vicious street attack
dailyrecord.co.ukA Rugby player left his elderly neighbour with a fractured eye socket in a vicious street attack. Callan McSherry, 26, attacked the pensioner after he got in between an argument with his partner, reports Grimsby Live.The incident occurred earlier this year when the 26-year-old was involved in an altercation with his lover in his home.
Grimsby Crown Court heard that the victim called the defendant out over his treatment of his partner when the disagreement spilled out onto the street.McSherry did not take kindly to his neighbour's interjection and punched him in the face three times, knocking him to the ground.
The victim sustained a fractured eye socket and the 26-year-old was arrested the same evening of the September 10 attack.McSherry answered 'no comment' to all questions in interview before later admitting to one count of grievous bodily harm.
Prosecuting, Jeremy Evans told the court that that although the neighbour initiated the violence, the attack has 'left him feeling "unsafe in [his] own home".
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