Incredible CCTV imaged have been released showing a drunken thug carrying a seagull around a news agents before throwing it at a man in the street.
Paul Elcombe, 29, grabbed the injured bird in the road and held it aloft to customers in a shop late at night. He even lifted the bird above his head in good-natured exchanges at the Premier Store after a two-day drink and drugs bender.
However, the playful incident turned to sour when Elcombe launched the bird at the stranger before launching kicks and punches at him as he lay on the ground.
The gull was caught on CCTV apparently flying away normal. The man was left with a broken jaw outside the Mutley store, according to Plymouth Live.
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