Dylan Dellot, 37 and of Kirkby, was sentenced to three years, 11 months in prison (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man smashed a Carling glass into the face of a defenceless man before knocking him unconscious with a series of punches outside a County Road pub. Dylan Dellot, 37, had taken drugs and had been drinking for much of the day without sleep when he repeatedly punched Patrick Gibbons to the head, knocking him unconscious , outside the Black Horse pub shortly before Christmas last year.

Mr Gibbons refused medical attention when he came around and was picked up by his family. But just hours later he collapsed at home because of his injuries and was taken for life-saving surgery, remaining to this day under specialist neurological care.

Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Friday, t

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