A man who dragged his girlfriend down the street claimed he had previously been knifed by a robber trying to steal his French bulldog.
Kieran Cowley claimed to have been suffering from PTSD when he punched Benjamin Crane in the face at around 12.45am on January 1 2022, shortly after leaving the Shrewsbury Arms in Oxton.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday, June 12, how Cowley and his girlfriend had visited the Shrewsbury Arms with two other couples, including Mr Crane and his fiancee, to celebrate the New Year - but there was "a lot of tension" between the pair, and they began to argue.
