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Daily Mirror
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Fahad Tariq & Alahna Kindred

'I don't know how I'll live on £980 benefits after attack left me unable to work'

A former business owner says he doesn't know how he will survive on £980 in benefits a month after an attack has left him unable to work.

David Thomas, 57, was assaulted outside a pub in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, in 2013 when he stepped in to help break up a fight.

He was punched to the ground, where he hit his head on a kerb that left him unconscious for two weeks.

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