A victim who was left needing stitches after being violently mugged has told what happened during the incident with his attacker sentenced. A 59-year-old man was punched and robbed during an evening walk in Beeston.
He was walking along Station Road when he heard someone approaching from behind, and first thought it was a jogger. That was until the man was violently assaulted by John Christon, 33, of Willowcroft Road in Derby just after midnight on October 11 2021.
Christon demanded money from the victim and demanded his bank card when he realised the victim had no money on him, and Christon then fled the scene. The victim would later need stitches for a cut to his forehead, along with a bloodied nose and bruising; further medical appointments were needed to ensure he had not sustained any irreversible damage to his eyes.
