A thug who beat up his former headteacher and left him in a pool of blood in a sickening attack is back in jail for dealing drugs.
Jermaine Bullen, 37, left Kieran Heakin unconscious after he delivered countless punches and kicks to his head in the attack which caused shock around the country.
Bullen was locked up indefinitely for public protection in 2010 after targeting his former headteacher inside an Indian restaurant.
Last October, the dad-of-one was arrested after police raided his home and discovered he was using it as a base to deal cannabis, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Officers from GMP recovered 1.5kg of the drug, worth £3,090, as well as snap bags, electronic scales and cash.
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Bullen was sent back to prison for 12 months after admitting possession of cannabis with intent to supply.
Bullen attacked Mr Heakin, then 58, during a night out in Rochdale after harbouring a 20 year grudge against him.
A witness said he thought the headteacher would be killed by Bullen, a former pupil at St John's Primary School in Rochdale.
Bullen told Mr Heakin: ''You used to beat me up when I was six years old and I have waited all these years to meet up with you again."
Mr Heakin was left needing facial reconstruction surgery, had four metal plates fitted and was left permanently deaf in one ear, following the attack in February 2009.
Bullen who admitted causing grievous bodily harm later claimed he had been the subject of corporal punishment at the age of six but gave no further details.
Devout Christian Mr Heakin decided to forgive his former pupil.
The latest offences occurred after Bullen rekindled a relationship with a former girlfriend, the court heard.
Susan Hargreaves prosecuting said: ''Officers executed a search at the defendant’s home at 6.30am. On arrival, they found a large quantity of cannabis in the rear bedroom, and Bullen was arrested.
"He then offered to show where the cannabis was stored.
''Officers found further bags, a number of which contained cannabis. A large number of ‘snap bags’ were found at the site, as well as a set of electric scales and two mobile phones.
"Police also found a large amount of cash, and in the kitchen, they found a clear food bag with cannabis inside it. Bullen was interviewed on the same day but declined to answer questions. He was on indefinite license before he was arrested.''
In mitigation defence lawyer Anna Chestnut said Bullen had got back together with his former parter, after she told him she was pregnant with his child.
"This is his first brush with criminality since 2014. The probation service was planning to suspend his supervision on licence before he was arrested," Ms Chestnut said.
"He had been working full time as a labourer and then at a demolition company.
"But in December 2019, Mr Bullen bumped into a woman who he once had an off and on relationship with and she said she was pregnant with his child.
"She was in debt, and he wanted to help. He was working at the time, but due to the pandemic, his work dried up and he was on universal credit
"Having made a promise to this woman, he foolishly turned to drug dealing.
"He was selling mainly to his friends but was also using it himself. He hugely regrets his actions."
Mr Bullen also has a 15-year-old son, the court was told.
Sentencing Bullen Judge Bernadette Baxter told him: ''You are no stranger to these courts and your principal motivation in this enterprise was to make money.
"You must face the consequences."
