A punter was left unrecognisable after he was kicked "as if he was a football" outside a pub. The man had been drinking in Eastwood pubs before he was attacked outside The Lady Chatterley pub, in Nottingham Road.
Drinker Craig Pollard, 31, punched the man, who had been to various bars in Eastwood, after swearing at him on December 18, 2021, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Friday (January 27). This blow sent the victim to the ground where there was a scuffle, and it seemed Pollard had him in a headlock, had straddled him, and repeatedly punched him whilst on top of him.
Pollard's partner intervened and tried to pull him off the man. But he was left on the ground in a "prone position", explained Raglan Ashton, prosecuting. "Sitting on the ground, his legs straight out in front of him, on his own".
