Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A mother has lost her sense of taste and smell after being attacked by a 'cowardly', violent thug.
Olushola Watson, 31, lost his temper after she told him to 'go suck your mum' during a row in her car. Cocaine fuelled Watson hit the woman to the face, causing her to fall and bang her head on the floor.
In his rage, Watson then tried to stamp on her while she lay unconscious, missing and instead kicking her friend. The mum, 30, had been to a birthday party with friends and was attacked after returning to her car the following morning.
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