Landlord left man, 70, in hospital after he complained over pub's 'smelly bins'
23.05.2023 - 11:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 70-year-old man was beaten up by a pub landlord and ex-army commando in a dispute over ‘smelly bins’. Simon Procter was left needing 20 stitches after Daniel Winward attacked him outside his home.
Simon, who has cancer, said that doctors thought he’d been in a car accident after the incident in Morecambe. The assault happened after the 70-year-old had complained to the council that Winward, 44, left bins from his pub, The Morecambe Hotel, on his street for three days.
When Mr Proctor’s wife Tarni, 56, tried to stop the assault by telling Winward her husband had cancer, the former soldier callously replied: "He's going to die anyway." Simon said after Winward had launched the "unprovoked" attack he then trashed his home, causing £1,000 worth of damage and leaving blood all over his walls, the Mirror reports.
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A court found that Winward, who has spent three tours of duty with the Commandos, was suffering from PTSD at the time, and he was given a ten-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to burglary, common assault and GBH. But Simon said there was "no excuse" for the assault and believes that the trauma may have resulted in the resurgence of his cancer in his left kidney.
He said: "I couldn't believe I got beaten up. There is no excuse for what he did. When I went to the hospital, they thought I'd been in a car accident.
"My wife said to him, 'He's a 70-year-old man with cancer'. Winward said: 'He's going to die anyway' and he threw her to the ground.
"He then started punching me again. At that time, I was receiving hormone treatment for bladder and prostate cancer. It was very upsetting to get hit and think, 'I can't get up, I