A dad was blinded in one eye after he was beat up by a driver during a petty road rage row in Monsall. Lewis Cook, 35, punched the victim in the face and arms whilst the man's wife and five month old child watched, after he pulled out in front of him at a road junction.
Manchester Crown Court heard that in the run up to the assault, Cook had been tailgating the man's Toyota Carolla, angrily putting his head and upper torso out of the driver's side window. READ MORE:Counter terrorism police arrest man in Manchester over Texas siege He was also seen to shake his fist at him and throw objects at the car.
The victim eventually stopped at the roadside but Cook also stopped and set about the man. He suffered a severely damaged retina in the beating and blacked out.
Despite extensive surgery, he lost the sight of his left eye and now faces further surgery for a badly damaged nose, with fears he may go blind in the other eye.
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