Lawrence Hill and the Spread Eagle pub
A MAN almost died and had to have part of his skull removed after long-standing jealousy turned to violence.
Fairground boss Lawrence Hill had an affair with victim Simon Perry's wife before they married several years ago, but resentments remained and, when both men were in the Spread Eagle pub at Kearsley one evening they went outside to "sort matters out".
But Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how, after talking for several minutes in the car park behind the pub, Hill began to walk away before suddenly turning and hitting Mr Perry hard, with what Robert Elias, prosecuting, described as a "haymaker punch".