direct to your inboxThis shocking footage shows the vicious broad daylight attack a man was subjected to in the city centre.James Byrne can be seen speaking with his victim on Oldham Street, before suddenly punching him to the face.He lands another blow knocking him to the ground, kicking him to the head and throwing more punches.
Rough sleeper Byrne, 33, said he attacked the man because he had threatened to set fire to his tent.His lawyer said Byrne lost his temper because he knew a homeless man who had been murdered after his tent was set alight.At Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday, Byrne was jailed for 20 months.Byrne also claimed the man he attacked had been selling Spice to 'young girls'.Judge Alan Conrad QC told him: "You say that.
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