Violent end to man’s night of celebration
the court that Mr Ellis was at the pub with his girlfriend celebrating his birthday and sister’s wedding.
He was outside in the smoking area when Ramsden, of Ravens Crescent in Dewsbury, approached him.
Ramsden said to him: “Alright mate, what’s your name?” And when Mr Ellis responded he replied: “I’m Danny Ramsden, I’m a hard b ***** d – have you heard of me?”
Mr Ellis said that he hadn’t and the next thing he remembered was waking up back inside the pub.
His girlfriend witnessed him being suddenly punched by Ramsden, knocking him backwards and down some metal steps to the ground below.
This left him drifting in and out of consciousness and with some glass embedded in his skin which he had to pull out.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Ellis said that his ordeal had left him feeling uncomfortable with socialising and with significant scaring to his neck.
Mr Bozman added: “He said he’s stopped shaving and grooming in an attempt to hide his scars.” Victoria Sims, mitigating, explained that at the time her client was suffering a low point in his life and going out on cocaine and alcohol fuelled benders to “escape the realities of life”. She added that Ramsden took his anger and frustration out on a complete stranger and his mum gave evidence, telling magistrates that he didn’t care about anything and she believed that she would find him dead one day. But magistrates activated his suspended sentence, with chairman Wayne Perriman telling him: “The victim was supposed to be out celebrating a wedding and you chose to assault him, causing permanent injuries. “The victim is still suffering from these injuries and this shows a clear escalation of violence.” Magistrates jailed Ramsden for 26 weeks, also taking into account the new offence. They ordered him to pay £200 compensation to Mr Ellis and made a restraining order, banning him from returning to the Mirfield pub or contacting his victim for two years.
The victim was supposed to be out celebrating and you chose to assault him.