My son is locked in his head because of what happened outside pub

Police scientific support pictured outside the Black Horse pub on County Road (Image: Liverpool Echo)

The mum of a young man knocked unconscious outside a pub faced his attacker in court and told him: "I ask this man experiences prison just as my beloved son is experiencing everyday." Dylan Dellot, 37, was on drugs and had been drinking throughout the day without much sleep when he repeatedly punched Patrick Gibbons to the head, knocking him unconscious , outside the Black Horse pub shortly before Christmas last year.

Dylan Dellot was sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday for the sickening assault which has left Mr Gibbons with a severe long-term disability. Mr Gibbons' brave mum Joanne Fairbrother, supported by a number of family mem