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The Railway pub in Accrington A DISPUTE over a pint ended with a man being knocked unconscious in an Accrington pub. Blackburn magistrates heard when the victim came round he could hear his eight-year-old daughter screaming and immediately took hold of her to reassure her he was alright. Darys Anthony Lyddon, 30, of Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, Mid-Glamorgan, pleaded guilty to assaulting Shaun MacMillan causing him grievous bodily harm. He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £250 compensation and complete an alcohol treatment requirement. Pam Ward, prosecuting, said Mr MacMillan was in the Railway pub with his sister and a cousin. He saw a friend called Laura who was with her dad and two men, one of them the defendant.