A thug carried out a vicious stamping attack on a man outside of a pub and left him with a fractured skull after he asked for a bottle opener.
Liam Quinin, 26, and two accomplices launched an unprovoked attack on a man outside The Moorcock pub in Peterlee after he asked for a bottle opener. The victim was set upon by Quinin and two others who punched him to the ground before stamping on him on July 4, last year. The attack - which Quinin considered filming on his mobile phone - left the man with a fractured skull and other serious injuries.
Quinin, of Fourth Street, Horden, dropped his phone during the incident and he was arrested after he went to a police station to pick it up and encountered the victim - who was in the waiting room. He then became aggressive to police and ended up kicking one officer as they attempted to restrain him.
