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A ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ thug was detained by a man whose flat he had broken into - soon after he had beaten up a landlord in a separate attack.
Daniel Walker had been drinking at the George and Dragon pub in Hazel Grove, Stockport, when he became disruptive. The landlord ejected him, but was immediately attacked by Walker.
He pushed, kicked and punched him, causing a cut to his eyelid, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. The landlord was left shaken and said in a statement that he should expect to run his business without such attacks.
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Walker, 34, had a warrant outstanding for his arrest when he broke into a man’s flat in Stockport. Whilst inside, he pilfered a number of items including jewellery, during which he woke up the man.
There was a ‘struggle’, during which the man managed to detain Walker before he was arrested. He has since pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and burglary.
Walker was said to have six previous convictions for 13 offences including burglary and robbery. He was made the subject of a suspended sentence in November 2021, and the assault put him in breach of that order.
Mitigating, Hugh Barton said his client was a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character, who when he was sober was ‘really decent’ but was different after he drank alcohol.
Of the assault on the landlord, he said the man was ‘perfectly entitled’ to eject him, but he was ‘shoved’ and fell onto the ground.
“He is deeply ashamed of what he has done and he is wishing to seek help with his alcohol and drug issues,” Mr Barton added.
Recorder Joanne Woodward jailed Walker, of High Lane, for three years. She said he
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