A violent thug left two strangers with cuts, swelling and bruising after punching them in a random street attack in front of their one-year-old child.
The victims were walking near Meadow Well Metro Station with the youngster when they came across Jack Ferguson, who was shouting abuse and throwing cans of lager at a female. A court heard that the 27-year-old soon turned his attention on the couple as they tried to walk away and began making threats.
Ferguson then punched and floored the male victim before hitting the female to the side of her face and the back of her head, prosecutors said. The pair, who managed to get their child's pram out of the way of the attack, suffered a mixture of cuts, bruising and swelling.
