Reveller knocked unconscious when Boxing Day celebrations ended in violence outside Coatbridge pub

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A reveller was knocked unconscious when Boxing Day celebrations ended in violence outside a Coatbridge pub.Connor Breslin was seen kicking a man on the head during a large scale disturbance.Breslin, 21, of Loch Road, Chapelhall, appeared at Airdrie Sheriff Court this week.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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People were squaring up to each other and there was pushing and shoving."The victim ended up on the ground, Breslin having punched him three or four times."Breslin was taken away by a female but returned and took at kick at the man's head."The pub manager watched the incident on CCTV and ran out to assist the victim, who was unconscious on the ground."He was bleeding heavily from a cut to his forehead."The victim soon came round.