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Lorraine King

Thug buries axe in drinker's head and leaves him disabled in pub row over 'banter'

A gardener who buried an axe in a man's head after a pub row over laughter has been jailed for 24 years today.

The savage attack in a 16th century village pub left the victim suffering from permanent disability, slurred speech and unable to drive.

Ipswich Crown Court heard earlier how David Perry had picked an argument with a group of friends having a quiet drink in the Bell Hotel in Clare, Suffolk, last year.

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