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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Thug who beat dad with wrench in front of his children sobs as he's sentenced

A man battered a dad with a metal wrench in front of his children following an argument at a Bonfire Night fireworks show.

John Leach, 34, struck Gary Rigby twice over the head at around 8.30pm on November 5 2022 after approaching him on Pasture Road, near Moreton train station.

The attack, which happened in front of Mr Rigby's girlfriend and two young children, left the dad "unconscious and bleeding" on the ground, and he was taken to hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries, including a skull fracture and a bleed on the brain. He suffered a deep 10cm gash to his head, which required stapling, and an abrasion to his left knee.

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