A man with martial arts training who “knew he had a hard punch” followed and attacked a man in an act of “revenge”, a court has heard.
Samuel Hulmes, 34, of Haydock Street, Newton-Le-Willows, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of causing actual bodily harm. Chris Taylor, prosecuting, detailed that in September 2019, Andy Henshaw lived next door to Hulmes’ former partner whom he had a “neighbourly relationship with”.
Mr Henshaw had once assisted the woman in going to court to obtain a non molestation order, but other than that had limited contact with her. Over a year later in October 2021, Mr Henshaw recalled a dispute in relation to their family dog, which the neighbour claimed was barking loudly and upsetting her children.
