This is the thug who left a father with 'catastrophic' injuries after he went to help his son during a brawl on a stag do.
Nicholas Loftus, 29, punched Gary Haysom with considerable force, causing him to fall unconscious after banging his head on the road outside Printworks.
Mr Haysom, now 61, was part of a group of friends and family who had travelled to Manchester for a night out from their home in Somerset to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Amie, and future son-in-law, Munya.
But he spent 11 months in hospital and rehabilitation after suffering a significant brain injury.
His daughter's wedding had to be postponed but Mr Haysom, a former builder, was later able to walk her down the aisle using a walking stick after being allowed out of hospital for the day.
Earlier this week at Manchester Crown Court, Loftus, who previously served in the Army until being medically discharged, was jailed for 18 months.
Loftus, 29, of Floyd Avenue, Chorlton, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and affray.
Sofian Bouskouchi, who swung a wrench at Mr Haysom but missed, was also jailed, receiving a 12 month sentence. The 28-year-old of Clarendon Road West, Chorlton, admitted affray and possessing an offensive weapon.
Deniro Collins, who was also with Loftus and Bouskouchi, received a 12 month sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Collins, 29, of Russell Avenue, Whalley Range, admitted affray.
The trio drove off in a white Mercedes, leaving Mr Haysom for dead, following the incident in the early hours of Saturday, February 10, 2018.
The court was told the fracas broke out after two men, unrelated to the defendants or the stag party, began fighting on Dantzic Street outside the Printworks.
"You may have started out as peacemakers, but you quickly went on the offensive," Judge Alan Conrad QC told the defendants.
Following the court hearing, Mr Haysom's daughter told the M.E.N. that the attack had changed her dad's 'whole life'.
She criticised the sentences passed on Loftus, Bouskouchi and Collins as not long enough.
"We are really upset," Amie, from Dorset, said.
"They do not reflect the crime. My dad has a worse sentence than they have got.
"I do not know why it was such a low sentence. My dad is not the guy he was. His life has been completely destroyed.
"It does not feel like justice to us. It still fells like my dad got the raw end of the deal."
