Tributes paid to ‘devoted family man’ who died days after being punched outside village pub

David Darke, 66, died after being assaulted outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire - (Leicestershire Police)

Tributes have been paid to a “devoted” grandfather who died days after being punched outside a village pub in Leicestershire.

David Darke, 66, sustained a serious head injury after an assault outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna on the evening of Sunday 21 December.