A husband and wife were subjected to unprovoked attacks by a violent thug during a night out at their local pub.
David Anderson bit the woman then struck the man over the head with a bottle and gouged his eyes with his thumbs, leaving both injured and anxious.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the couple were at The Middle Inn, in Washington, on March 9 last year when the woman recognised Anderson as he was the younger brother of her best friend from school. She went to say hello to him and introduced him to her partner and, as he was alone, they invited him to sit with them.
