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Army veteran avoids jail after pool cue attack on Special Constable in pub brawl
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A British Army veteran has avoided jail for attacking a Special Constable with a pool cue in a bar brawl because it is feared he could go blind whilst behind bars.Brian Harmon, 57, repeatedly attacked off-duty officer Luke Martin during a 'bar room brawl' at The Crown pub in Chasetown, Staffordshire in January last year.Martin, who's in his thirties, suffered three fractures to his eye socket, has ongoing issues and has been forced to give up his role with the Lichfield neighbourhood police team, Birmingham Crown Court heard.Judge Martin Hurst said a witness at the brawl said the blows to the off-duty officer's face sounded like 'a branch being snapped'.Judge Hurst said "You used the
