A doorman "snapped" and left a drinker with serious injuries after being subjected to vile racist abuse.
Damaras Gordon threw the man out of the bar where he was working due to his rowdy behaviour. But the abusive customer then waited until the security guard had finished his shift and followed him back to his car while continuing to hurl foul insults at him, sparking the dad to knock him out and leave him with broken facial bones and requiring surgery.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday how he had been on duty at Friars Court in Warrington town centre on the evening of June 2 last year. Joanne Moore, prosecuting, described how complainant Samuel Lewis had to be forcibly removed from the premises due to his "drunken behaviour", having refused to leave.