TEENAGER Jonathan Bond left a passer-by with serious head injuries after punching his victim in an unprovoked street attack, a court was told.
Bond (19) delivered a single blow to the face of Mark Parsons after the two men met by chance on a footpath leading to the Rainbow Supermarket in Market Deeping.
On Friday, Lincoln Crown Court heard how Mr Parsons (45) struck his head on the pavem
ent after falling to the ground.
Bond walked off but supermarket deputy manager Stephen Diamond phoned for an ambulance and stayed with Mr Parsons until the emergency services arrived.
The teenager went back to the scene a few minutes later and waited for police to arrive and arrest him.
Mr Parson’s was taken to Peterborough District Hospital with a fractured skull and facial bones, leaving him with a permanent loss of hearing in his right ear.
Andrew Scott, prosecuting, said the incident happened shortly after midnight as Mr Parsons was walking home from The Stage pub.
Moments before the incident Bond was seen arguing with a girlfriend.
Mr Scott said: “This was an unprovoked attack on a stranger who was caught in the cross-fire of an argument between girlfriend and boyfriend.”
Stamford College student Bond, of Thackers Way, Market Deeping, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on August 3, 2008.
He was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for two years and ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work.
Bond was also ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to his victim and £722 towards prosecution costs.
Judge Michael Heath said he accepted Bond, who has no previous convictions, acted “entirely out of character”.
Charles Snelling, defending, said Bond admitted his guilt immediately and since the offence has been treated for depression.
He added: “He is an achiever. He is a college student who works part-time to fund his studies. He wants to go on to university. He has a good future in front of him.”
