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A 'violent thug' was captured on CCTV returning to attack his victim on the ground after he had already assaulted him.

John Moir, 49, of no fixed address, pled guilty to Section 18 wounding when he left his victim with a fractured eye socket and a fractured nose in two places. Preston Crown Court heard how Moir, who also goes by the name Paul, had walked to the Polish Shop on King Street, Blackburn , on the evening of February 22 this year.

CCTV footage showed him sitting on the pavement next to a car for around six minutes, which he then used to pull himself up, before approaching his victim with two other unidentified men who came out of a nearby Shisha Bar. The footage shows Moir punching his victim to the side of his head and knocking him to the floor before his

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