AN ‘immature’ man battered a man so badly that he needed to have his eyebrow glued before stealing his phone and bank card.

In a ‘nasty’ attack, Owen Blackmore punched his victim, a man, multiple times causing him to fall over in to the road.

As he was knocked to the ground his bag fell and Blackmore stole it and fled the scene.

The North Face bag contained an iPhone XR, iPhone charger, a provisional driving licence, a bank card and coins.

Blackmore, 20, appeared before Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Friday after pleading guilty to theft from a person and ABH.

Prosecuting, Angela Blackmore said on March 4 last year, the victim and two of his friends were visiting a woman in Warrington.

As the trio waited outside her address, they were suspicious as some time had passed and the woman still hadn’t arrived.

Ms Blackmore told the court how three men covered by hoods and masks started to run towards the victim and his friends.

Blackmore ran straight to the victim, saying his name, and punched him in the face.

He continued to punch him causing him to fall in to the road and then ran off with his bag.

A witness, who was a friend of the victim, said Blackmore was crouched over the victim while he lay on the floor, punching him.

The man was taken to hospital with bruising and swelling to his face and was left needing his eyebrow glued back together.

The court heard how he was left feeling ‘scared’ and said that him and the defendant had no personal issues and he doesn’t know why he was attacked.

Ms Blackmore told the court how the defendant has one previous conviction for possession of a bladed article in 2019.

Defending, Julian Tutchener-Ellis said that Blackmore now lives in Anglesey in Wales and there is no evidence to indicate that this offence was ‘anything other than a one off’.

He said the mitigating factors were the defendant’s limited offending history, it was his first conviction of assault and his guilty plea.

The court also heard how Blackmore struggles with ‘communication difficulties’, has mental health issues that his ‘immaturity’ was an issue.

Concluding, the magistrates described the offence as a ‘nasty attack that caused injury’.

Blackmore was handed a 12-month community order and must complete 250 hours of unpaid work.

He must also take part in a Thinking Skills programme, complete 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and pay the victim £250 in compensation.

Blackmore was also issued with a restraining order against the victim for 12 months,