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Violent thug Jayke Pender-Lovatt left a man permanently blind in one eye after delivering a brutal punch in a town centre bar. The 32 year old - who has a history of violent offences - entered Priscilla's Bar in Burslem, Staffordshire, shortly after midnight on August 18 last year.

Around an hour later, he barged into a man on the dance floor. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court was told the victim's cousin witnessed the incident, approached the defendant and lifted both hands above his head.

The defendant perceived this as a threatening gesture and delivered a devastating uppercut to his head. The blow sent him crashing to the ground and resulted in permanent blindness in one eye, reports Stoke on Trent Live .

He then attacked the other man he had originally bumped into. Pender-

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