A sleeping man was smashed in the face with a wooden bat by a man he had spent the night socialising with.
Previous tensions between victim Jonathan Olley and Gavin Hall appeared to have disappeared as they consumed alcohol and socialised with their partners.
When Mr Olley's partner saw Hall storming towards him a bat, she thought he was just playing a practical joke. But she was horrified to see him swing it back and forward, hitting him square in the face and leaving him with fractures to his eye socket.
