Unprovoked attack left customer at Grimsby pub needing hospital treatment
DRUNKEN pub customer Nicholas Cox viciously punched a man in the face in a nasty, unprovoked attack after believing the other man was staring at him, a court heard.
The victim was watching cricket on a television in a bar but Cox menacingly accused him of looking at him, Grimsby magistrates were told.
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Assault: The Jubilee Inn, on Wybers Wood, Grimsby, where Nicholas Cox punched Christian Prestedge in the face.
Cox, 31, of Sanctuary Way, Grimsby, admitted assaulting Christian Prestedge, causing actual bodily harm, on September 23.
The court heard that Mr Prestedge, 38, a port worker, was watching cricket at the Jubilee public house, Grimsby, but Cox thought he was staring at him.
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Mr Prestedge had gone to the pub with friends for a quiz and was watching sport in the bar.
Cox asked him: "What are you looking at?" Mr Prestedge told him: "I'm looking at the cricket."
Cox said: "You're watching cricket, are you?" He accused Mr Prestedge of taking the mickey out of him and hit him in the face three times.
Blood "went everywhere" and the victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his nose and a swollen eye.
Mr Prestedge could not remember anything about the attack and did not see the blows, the court heard. He needed eight days off work.
Cox later admitted he had drunk 10 to 12 pints of beer in Cleethorpes, as well as shots, and on a scale of drunkenness rated himself at eight out 10. He later drank three or four more pints of lager, as well as more shots.
Cox had a history of violence after drinking, the court was told.
Clint Chambers, mitigating, said Cox had been out celebrating the fact that he and his partner had bought a new house.
He could not offer any real explanation as to why the incident happened, but had shown remorse.
He had been jailed in 2003 but was released in 2005 and had made good progress since then.
Cox was given a one-year supervision order, a five-week 8pm to 6am curfew and was ordered to pay £250 compensation and £85 costs.
Comments
by TheJonesta
Thursday, December 13 2012, 9:10PM
“typical Grimsby Scum.”
by BooBoo69
Wednesday, December 12 2012, 2:36PM
“so much for his mates did they just stand by and let this happen !”
by jule63
Wednesday, December 12 2012, 10:44AM
“what a idiot must be mental should have been sent down, ban him out of pubs .”
by HectorIrwin
Wednesday, December 12 2012, 9:53AM
“So this idiot drank at least 13 pints and possibly 16 points of lager and goodness knows how many shots all before the quiz started and there was enough daylight to still play cricket which was being screened on the television. He took a taxi or bus from Cleethorpes to go and drink in the Jubilee and he isn't a regular there? Quite an unusual daytime pubcrawl! I wonder if he was thrown out of the Cleethorpes pub beforehand?”
by porcelainblak
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 10:31PM
“Another candidate for the nasty horrible Lincoln prison - send him down!”
by AfricanMeggy
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 9:43PM
“Why does this town create so many scumbags? Poor man was just watching cricket on television doing nothing to no one and he gets a punch to the face three times! Perhaps people should have a drinking licence like a driving licence that you have to show when buying drinks in an off licence, shop or a Pub.If you cannot behave yourself like this man NO LICENCE!!!! Once you blot your copybook no licence EVER!! Problem solved!!!”
by Wilderness
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 7:55PM
“What sort of joke sentence is that?
Yet again some mindless moron gets away with a violent crime, but someone who doesn't pay their Council Tax gets "sent down".
What is the world coming to?”
by Malcolm_Ex
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 1:05PM
“This was an incredibly cowardly act. I know the man who was attacked, and you could not meet a nicer more harmless man. From what I hear the punches were thrown from the side or behind to Mr Prestedge would have no chance of defending himself. The assailant was obviously not drunk to the point were the bar staff would refuse to serve him, he could obviously move stealthily around the bar.
With his previous, and I'm told there was a warrant out for him at the time anyway, I was sure Cox would have received prison time. The fact that he has basically been unpunished shows what a joke our judicial system is. Hopefully natural justice will prevail.”
by stevewillis
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 12:51PM
“If he was clearly drunk, then the licensee has a klegal responsibilty to ensure that he is not given any more alcohol, either by staff or friends. If Cox was inebriated he should have been a) refused service and b) asked to leave. It appears that neither of those things happened and as such the licensee or whoever was in charge have failed in their statutory duty of care to Mr Prestedge and every other customer in the bar.
It wouyld be interesting see the outcome if Mr Prestedge decided to take legal action against the pub and brewery, as their inaction has clearly contributed to his injuries.
I've seen it time after time, pubs ramming drinks down people when they're already drunk. Then holding their hands up in shock, when they injure themselves or others.
Still, profit before safety 'eh fellas!”
by james21
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 12:47PM
“Cox ? His surmane is Ingram, He has been a bully for years.”