Man had to have part of skull removed after attack outside club
THUG JAILED FOR 14 MONTHS OVER ‘MINDLESS MOMENT OF VIOLENCE’
A 25-year-old man had to be placed into an induced coma after he was repeatedly punched and kicked outside a nightclub in Mansfield.
Perry Cranston was attacked outside Rush nightclub in Clumber Street in the town in February last year.
William Dennis, 23, assaulted Mr Cranston following a dispute, and his actions left him with a large laceration on his head, a bleed on the brain and numerous skull fractures.
Mr Cranston says he will no longer be able to live a “normal life”.
“I was in hospital for eight months receiving treatment for multiple skull fractures until doctors attempted to replace the missing fragments of my skull with a metal plate,” he said. “When they attempted to install the plate, it got infected and had to be removed.
“I’m now left with a part of my skull missing while I wait for an operation and it won’t be until March when I get my pre-op with a view to having a new plate fitted in April.
“It’s restricted me from living my normal life.
“I can’t work, can’t exercise, I can’t do anything at the minute.”
Dennis, of Kempton Road in Mansfield, was sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm on January 8.
Detective Sergeant Jamie Moore, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “A man has suffered life-long injuries and a young man is now in prison.
“This mindless moment of violence changed the course of both the victim’s and the offender’s lives forever. Dennis will now spend a time behind bars and carry the responsibility of what he did with him probably for the rest of his life.
“Response officers worked collaboratively with Mansfield District Council’s CCTV team to quickly locate Dennis and enabled him to be held to account for his crime.”