
A man landed “powerful and cowardly” punches on an Iraq War veteran in a street attack that caused him a severe brain injury he never recovered from, a murder trial has been told.
British Army veteran Lee Woodward, 39, died in hospital 10 months after he was left brain damaged from an attack by 32-year-old Gregory Twigg in Trade Street, Stoke-on-Trent on the night of June 24 2022, Stafford Crown Court heard.