A man fled the dock at Liverpool Crown Court after being jailed and remains at large.
Nicholas Bunclark was handed 16 months behind bars 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.