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Drinker attacked after remonstrating with man who was 'verbally abusive' to bar staff
hereHe spoke to the defendant and 'asked him to have respect', prosecutor Brian Berlyne told Minshull Street Crown Court.He went back into the pub and, after tripping up Wood, started punching him.Wood punched him twice, causing the man to suffer two 'blowout' fractures to his eyes.He was pulled away, and was told to leave.After being arrested following the incident in September 2018, Wood told police he had been punched himself and that the incident had been instigated by the other man.Defending, Simon Blakebrough appealed for Wood to be spared jail, saying there is a 'realistic prospect' of the defendant being rehabilitated.He has previously worked as a landscape gardener and has found a job as a delivery driver, the court heard.Judge
