A man has been jailed for 18 months after attacking a 71-year-old-pensioner while he was walking across a street.
Seamus Ward struck Charlie Toye with such force with one punch as he walked across the Main Street in Milford, Co Donegal that he caused him to develop a brain bleed.
Ward, then aged 32, attacked Mr Toye after he had been drinking in a nearby pub and knocked the pensioner to the ground in a completely unprovoked attack.
The pensioner suffered a black eye, cuts to his face and was rushed to hospital.
A witness to the attack on June 24th, 2019, told how she heard Ward shout at Mr Toye You think you re a big man now? before attacking him.
A man has been jailed for 18 months after attacking a 71-year-old-pensioner walking across a street.
Seamus Ward struck Charlie Toye with such force with one punch as he walked across Main Street in Milford, Co Donegal, that he caused him to develop a brain bleed.
Ward, then aged 32, attacked Mr Toye after he had been drinking in a nearby pub and knocked the pensioner to the ground in a completely unprovoked attack.
The pensioner suffered a black eye, cuts to his face and was rushed to hospital.
A witness to the incident on June 24, 2019, told how she heard Ward shout at Mr Toye, “You think you’re a big man now?”, before attacking him.
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A young man attacked a 71-year-old pensioner as he crossed a street in a completely unprovoked attack giving him a bleed on the brain.
Seamus Ward, then aged 32, attacked elderly Charlie Tighe as he walked across the Main Street in the village of Milford in Co Donegal.
Ward, who had been drinking, struck Mr Tighe with such force with one punch he knocked him to the ground.
The pensioner suffered a black eye, cuts to his face and was rushed to hospital.
A witness to the attack on June 24th, 2019, told how she heard Ward shout at Mr Tighe You think you re a big man now? before attacking him.