A man knocked unconscious in a 'calculated and cold-blooded' attack outside a takeaway has bravely shared footage of the harrowing ordeal.
Dale Bessant, 23, was punched so hard by thug Adam Manns, 33, in Bridgend town centre he was knocked to the ground and fell unconscious.
Violent Manns then repeatedly stamped on Mr Bessant before members of the public had to drag him away, reports Wales Online.
Mr Bessant was unable to remember what happened but after watching CCTV footage of the attack, felt "sick".
"When the police showed me [the CCTV] it was more when I was on the floor that was the worst part," he said.
"The way my head was going back and my body going stiff. It made me feel really sick - it was like seeing a ghost."
The attack happened in the early hours of October 20 last year when Manns and Mr Bessant were out separately in Bridgend town centre.
The two men were involved in an "altercation" at a bar in the early hours of the morning.
Manns then went out searching for Mr Bessant and found him standing outside a takeaway.
The footage, shown to Newport Crown Court earlier this month, and which Mr Bessant has given his permission for it to be released, starts with Manns running towards his victim.
He then launches into his sickening attack.
Nearby door security and onlookers had to rush to restrain Manns before police arrived to arrest him.
During Manns' sentencing at Newport Crown Court, prosecutor Timothy Evans said the two men had been involved in an "altercation outside the doorway” of an establishment.
He said Manns lowered the peak of Mr Bessant’s hat repeatedly.
Mr Bessant struck him in the face in retaliation, after which they left the area in opposite directions.
Manns then went searching for him and after the attack, Mr Bessant was taken to hospital.
Mr Evans said: “He has a fractured nose, fractures to a finger, he had bruising to his face.
“He is described in one statement as having cuts to his mouth.”
He said Mr Bessant was also diagnosed with a concussion.
Mr Bessant recalled the ambulance ride, and being unable to remember why he was there or what had happened during what he described as a "brutal" attack.
He said after the court case: "I just remember waking up in the ambulance. I was just completely out of it."
Mr Bessant said the incident is still having an impact on his sleeping patterns.
"I either sleep too long, or too short. I don't like to think about it or remember it," he added.
"I try to keep myself distracted by doing things and keeping busy."
Mr Bessant thanked the strangers who came to his aid and the quick response of the nearby bouncers, the police and the ambulance service.
Rhodri Chudleigh, defending, told the court that Manns recognised the consequences of his actions could have been far more serious and he accepted there was no justification for what he did.
He said Manns had been suffering with depression at the time of the incident and a family member had died in tragic circumstances a few months previously.
He said Manns had expressed remorse for his actions.
Manns, of Pyle, at an earlier hearing pleaded guilty to a single charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Sentencing him, Judge Richard Williams said Manns’ behaviour was “calculated if not cold-blooded”.
“You stamped forcefully on his head,” he said.
“That action was intended to cause serious injury.”
Judge Williams sentenced Mann to four years and eight months in prison.
He will serve at least half of his sentence in custody before being released on licence.
