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Burly thug launched sickening attack on 78-year-old man in city centre pub... then urged dad to join in
10.11.2023 - 19:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
CCTV footage shows the moment a burly thug launched a sickening attack on a pensioner in a pub - then encouraged his dad to join in. Douglas Joyce, 35, left the 78-year-old victim bloodied and bruised after punching him three times to the face and head during a row.
Joyce, wearing a black baseball cap and a Givenchy tracksuit top, followed the victim into the back room of the pub on Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter and began shouting and pointing at him, before punching him in the face and knocking him off his seat.
The thug continued to stand over the pensioner while gesticulating aggressively, before urging his dad John Joyce to join in the attack. When victim stood up, Douglas Joyce launched a left hook to the victim’s face, propelling him backwards over the table and chairs.
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He continued to stand directly over him, leaning into him still shouting and pointing, before aiming one last punch to the victim’s face whilst he was helpless on the ground. Douglas Joyce, of Quayside Close, Salford, has now been jailed for 19 months after pleading guilty to GBH at Manchester Crown Court.
John Joyce, 63, of Deepdene Street, Gorton was also sentenced to 18 month community order for assault causing occasioning actual bodily harm.
Det Con Natalie Hollows said: "Joyce is an aggressive and violent man who intended to intimidate and inflict pain on a vulnerable 78 year old man by carrying out this horrendous assault. Joyce was wearing a large gold pyramid-style ring when he punched the man in the face,
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