A MAN who launched a vicious attack on a complete stranger during last year's Crewe Carnival was very drunk and only had a hazy recollection of what had happened, a court heard.

Mark Terence Larvin, aged 26, of Royce Close, Crewe, was sentenced to six months in prison after being told by Judge Gareth Edwards that "no community could put up with such violence".

The attack, on a Crewe man called John Taylor, happened in the beer tent following the Carnival parade at Queen's Park.

Earlier there had been a dispute between the two over Larvin's conduct towards a young lady, but then Taylor had ignored Larvin, who wanted a fight.

Prosecuting barrister Dennis Talbot said: "Later when Mr Taylor was alone in the beer tent Larvin ran up to him and hit him in the face, spinning him around.

"Mr Taylor was head butted twice and grabbed the defendant to protect himself, but was punched again and pushed back over the bar.

"At that stage Mr Taylor found himself being kicked and punched by a group of the defendant's friends."

Mr Taylor suffered two black eyes, a broken tooth, swelling and bruising to his chest, a stiff neck and had to take time off work.

In his defence, Larvin said he was very drunk and had only a hazy recollection of what had happened.

He also claimed that some of his behaviour might stem from physical abuse he suffered as a child.

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