Rugby man jailed for attacking his victim with a golf club outside a pub following an argument inside

After arguing with him in a pub, a Rugby man waited outside armed with a golf club and attacked a friend of his father, leaving him with blood pouring down his face.

And William Richardson (25) of The Browns Gardens, Rugby, was jailed for 21 months after pleading guilty at Warwick Crown Court to assaulting his victim causing him actual bodily harm.

Prosecutor Amrisha Parathalingam said that in February a friend of Richardson’s father, Norman McKay, was in the Griffin pub in Rugby when he was joined at the bar by Richardson.

But their conversation became heated, and Richardson was said to have jabbed his finger into Mr McKay’s eye, at which the older man reacted by punching him.

As a result of the incident Richardson was ejected from the pub, but remained outside beckoning to Mr McKay to come out, but he ignored him.

A little later Mr McKay left through a side entrance, but was confronted by Richardson who had armed himself with a golf club which he swung at him, hitting him to the head.

Mr McKay retreated back into the pub with blood pouring down his face to clean himself up.

He then walked to Richardson’s father’s home, followed by Richardson who would rush towards him but then back off when he turned round.

When he got there, he told Richardson’s father what had happened, and his father found that one of his golf clubs was missing.

The police were called, and Richardson was arrested, and meanwhile Mr McKay was taken to hospital where he was treated for a 3cm wound to his head and a fractured nose and cheekbone.