A railway engineer who left a man with life-changing brain damage was acting in fear and shock when he threw a punch and "pushed" out with his shoeless foot, a jury was told.

Buster Lakey, who was on trial this week accused of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) to Mark Hughes with intent, lashed out after a glass "object" was thrown at his car, shattering his windscreen.

He was cleared by a jury at Canterbury Crown Court today – but having earlier admitted the lesser offence of inflicting GBH was warned by a judge that he still faces a prison sentence when he is sentenced next month.

The court was told Lakey had been on his way to pick up his unwell partner and their three-month-old child at the time of the incident and, having got out of his vehicle to assess the damage, he then approa

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