This is the face of the man who today leapt out of the dock at Liverpool Crown Court and went on the run.
Nicholas Bunclark was jailed for 16 months this morning, Tuesday, after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. It followed an attack at a hostel on Leyland Road in Southport on November 19 2021.
The ECHO was told that the 30-year-old held his head in his hands after learning his sentence. After a brief interaction with his mum in the public gallery, he was led towards the cells.