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21.01.2022 - 16:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drunken dad stripped off his shirt and viciously attacked a 15-old boy who tried to stop him stealing a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey from a convenience store.
The teenager - who was working part-time stacking shelves - challenged Daniel Brien, but a court heard the 35-year-old father-of-two hurled a tirade of vile racist abuse at him.
The court heard Brien rained down up to 11 punches on the youngster, who was later treated for bruising.
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A judge described him as 'a well-built masculine man' who 'set about' the terrified teenager.
Jailing Brien for the attack, Judge Recorder Paul Reid QC said: "It left him feeling traumatised and humiliated.
"The racial insults were disgusting."
Brien, from Little Hulton, Salford, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and theft.
At Manchester Crown Court, he was jailed for 17 months and banned from the store concerned in Salford for two years as part of a restraining order.
The court heard Brien claimed his wallet was in his car as he walked out with the Jack Daniels, but Recorder Reid said he found it was his 'intention not to pay for the alcohol'.
Police and the victim's father were alerted and Brien was arrested.
In a statement read out at court, the teenager said: "I was racially assaulted and had some physical injuries.
"I feel humiliated. I was unable to attend school for several weeks. It was an unprovoked attack. He used disgusting racial language.'"
The attack happened at 6.45pm on September 5 last year as the boy was helping stack shelves at the store.
Prosecutor Justin Hayhoe said: ''This defendant went into the shop searching for Jack Daniels and
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