18 months jail for disabled attacker
A DISABLED pensioner was jailed for 18 months after he attacked a Hell’s Angel with his walking stick, knocking him unconscious.
Keith Degroot, 66, was furious when 6ft 3in Stephen Hall, 56, pushed his glasses off and hurled abuse at him in a pub, a court heard.
Degroot smashed his wooden stick in biker Mr Hall’s face, also fracturing his cheek.
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Recorder Jane Rowley told Degroot: “I accept that you did not intend serious harm but you were reckless as to whether harm was caused when you struck him a blow of some force.” Degroot, who lives in sheltered accommodation in Leeds, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.