CCTV footage has shown the moment a man was brutally attacked with a pool cue inside a pub in West Lothian. The horror altercation - which took place at the Tower Bar in the Craigshill area of Livingston on November 8 - is said to have left staff at the venue close to tears.

The clip shows a group of men playing a game of pool in the popular boozer before violence erupts. In the video, a man in a green top is seen walking away from the pool table, but as he takes his first step, another man in red can be seen suddenly swinging a pool cue across his head with force .

As the wood hits his skull, the victim can be seen dropping to the ground before the assailant tosses the pool cue to the floor. As he lays on the ground, the attacker is filmed towering over him uttering unknown words

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