A thug who slammed a paving slab onto a rough sleeper's head in Devon was found hiding in his mum's attic in Manchester. Levi Hackett, from Newton Heath, left Benjamin Martin with a fractured skull outside a shop in Totnes before jogging from the scene.
The 23-year-old was caught on CCTV raising a 12inch block above his head before smashing it over the head of his victim. Mr Martin, who was sat on the ground outside the Happy Apple food store, did not see Hackett approaching before the sickening attack.
Hackett said he had been motivated by revenge after his girlfriend's flat was ransacked, Devon Live reports. Although Hackett did not know his victim, he believed he had once dated his partner.
