armed thug struck a man over the head with a hammer after the warning "I will bray your skull in". After a chance encounter with the victim, Liam McCluskey, 40, pulled the tool from his waistband and lashed out.Newcastle Crown Court heard how the victim was left with two bleeding cuts to his head, a cut to his side and a graze to his forearm after the incident which occurred in Gateshead.
Chronicle Live reports that he did not wish to make a victim impact statement after the ordeal, which happened in June. Prosecutor on the case, Joe Culley, said that McCluskey had started to sprint towards his victim after shouting the threat as the men approached each other on Victoria Road in Gateshead.Mr Culley said: "He pulled a hammer from his.
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