Man jailed for serious Bournemouth assault
33 year old Michael Parker's been sentenced to eight years behind bars
A Bournemouth man's been jailed for eight years, for an assault which left a man with serious injuries.
33 year old Michael Parker, from Grosvenor Gardens, has been sentenced after being found guilty of wounding with intent, while also admitting grievous bodily harm and assault by beating.
What happened?
At around 9.40pm on Thursday 30th June 2022, the victim, a man aged in his 60s, was outside the Marroy’s Public House in Christchurch Road when he engaged in conversation with Parker.
The victim was headbutted, punched and kicked, causing him to fall backwards off the kerb and into the road, suffering life-changing injuries including a fractured left cheek, fractured skull and bleed on the brain - and is still recovering.
A second victim, a man aged in his 60s, intervened to aid the first victim and he was punched repeatedly.
A third victim, a woman aged in her 50s, attempted to intervene and was pushed to the ground.
Detective Inspector Rhys Griffiths, of Dorset Police, said:
“This was a vicious and unprovoked attack on a member of the public, which resulted in the victim sustaining serious injuries that they will have to live with for the rest of their life.
“We absolutely will not tolerate violent offending of this nature and as this case demonstrates, we will do all we can to identify offenders and bring them before the court so they can face the consequences of their actions.”