A man was left with constant headaches after he was punched from behind in a cowardly attack as he attended to a woman on the floor. The assailant later claimed he had "misunderstood" the situation before punching the victim in the head.
Michael Murphy, 40, assaulted Jay Eglen outside a pub in Cardiff on January 29, causing him grievous bodily harm. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard the defendant delivered a single "forceful" blow to Mr Eglen as he came to the aid of a woman lying on the floor.
In his sentencing remarks Recorder Andrew Hammond said: "At the time in the seconds immediately leading up to the delivery of that blow he head his back to you. He did absolutely nothing to provoke or deserve your attack upon him. It's neither the case you felt threatened by him. It was self-evident he posed no threat to you."
