Man on bail for pub brawl gets into second fight

Sean Lynn got into an argument at The Oak pub while awaiting sentencing

A man who was bailed after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm in a pub carried out the same offence an hour after he was released from custody.

Sean Lynn, 24, of Carterhatch Road, Enfield, was jailed for 44 months on Monday for carrying out the two attacks in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

He was bailed awaiting a sentencing hearing after he admitted the first charge at St Albans Crown Court on 29 April.

That afternoon he visited The Oak pub in Borehamwood, where he got into another argument and slashed a victim with a knife, before spitting on another man.

'Unprovoked attack'

Prosecutor Damien Warburton told St Albans Crown Court that Lynn had been playing pool with the first victim in the Good Companion pub last August, when he struck him to the ground.

The 63-year-old man was unconscious for 10 minutes. He suffered bleeding and bruising on the brain.

Mr Warburton said: “It was a wholly unprovoked attack. The defendant nonchalantly walked off while the man was lying unconscious.”

Lynn told the police the victim had kept “getting in his face”.

In April Lynn was bailed for a sentencing hearing at a later date. At 14:45 BST, 35 minutes after appearing in court, he went to The Oak pub in Borehamwood where he got into another row.

He and the victim went outside to argue, but the dispute quelled and they went back in again.

Shortly afterwards they were out in the street again. The victim threw a glass that cut Lynn’s head and Lynn pulled out a knife.

He slashed the victim who suffered a 20cm (7.8in) wound to the left side of his head. Lynn had also spat at another man in the pub.

Lynn appeared for sentence having pleaded guilty to two charges of causing grievous bodily harm, assault by beating and possessing a blade.