Thug punched woman unconscious after being asked to stop swearing around kids
dailyrecord.co.ukA drunken thug punched a woman unconscious after she asked him stop swearing in front of young kids. Attacker Anthony Deakin then went on to assault his "best mate" in the street just two days later during a dispute involving another woman.
He and an accomplice armed with a plank of wood gave the victim a "fairly good thrashing", Hull Crown Court heard. Deakin, of Curzon Street, Hull, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to the woman, who suffered three fractures in her face, on March 20 last year.
He and two other men, Lloyd Smith, 30, of Carrington Street, Hull, and Aiden Carron, 23, of Homestead Road, Thorngumbald, admitted affray on March 22 last year.Carron also admitted possessing a plank of wood as an offensive weapon that day.Richard Butters, prosecuting, said that Deakin started shouting at his ex-girlfriend after going to a Hull house and asking her why she was there.Another woman who was there asked him not to shout and swear in front of children who were there but Deakin dragged her out of the house and punched her with full force.She suffered three fractures to her face, including around her nose, and a cut lip and a tooth was knocked loose."She believes she must have been knocked unconscious," said Mr Butters."Her memory is vague.
She remembers the police arriving but doesn't remember the detail of what was said or done."The woman later said: "Deakin is a bully and he scares everybody and this is wrong.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk