A thug left his 78-year-old neighbour for dead in the street after battering him in a horrific street attack outside their homes.

Retired roofer Lyndon Griffiths had returned from buying frozen peas and chocolate at a shop when Ashley Morris set upon him.

Morris, 39, repeatedly punched and kicked Lyndon in the head, leaving him bloodied and bruised and knocking him unconscious.

Grandfather Lyndon said Morris had ‘picked on me for years’ and made numerous complaints regarding his neighbour after a series of threats.

But after parking his car near his home in Brackla, Bridgend, Lyndon turned around to see Morris, who launched an unprovoked attack.

South Wales Police described Morris’ assault as a ‘brutal and unprovoked attack’.

The force explained: ‘The victim had just been to his loca

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