Man suffered life-threatening head injury when he was punched to the ground – Bradford Telegraph and Argus

A CLUBGOER suffered a life-threatening head injury when he was punched to the ground on his way to McDonalds in Keighley town centre, Bradford Crown Court heard.

He was transferred from Airedale Hospital to Leeds General Infirmary where emergency surgery was carried out to treat a large skull fracture and bleeding on the brain.

The court was told that James Dyminski, the man who struck him, had undergone a personality change that made him unable to control his temper after he was beaten with an iron rod in an unprovoked attack in 2014.

Dyminski, 21, of The Fairways, Keighley, was later assaulted again by the same man and his mother had since been demanding medical help for him.

He was given a Hospital Order by Judge Richard Mansell QC today after earlier admitting Section 20 unlawful wounding.

Prosecutor Ayman Khokhar said the victim left K2 Nightclub in Church Street, Keighley, at 4am on September 21 last year after taking a taxi into the town from Saltaire the previous night.

He was walking to McDonalds with Dyminski, who he did not know, and others when he made a light-hearted remark that caused the defendant to punch him in the face. He fell to the ground on Lawkholme Lane hitting his head on the kerb.

As he lay unresponsive in the street, Dyminski knelt beside him and burst into tears, Mr Khokhar told the court.

Dyminski handed himself into Trafalgar House Police Station in Bradford where he tested positive for cocaine. Psychiatric reports were later prepared.

Mr Khokhar said the victim was aware of the court hearing but did not want to attend or to provide an impact statement.

Dyminskis solicitor advocate, Julian White, said it was a tragic case.

He was a hardworking, conscientious and peaceable young man until he was assaulted, he stated.

His mother has been tenacious in the extreme to get him some help.

Judge Mansell said Dyminski sustained a very serious brain injury almost six years ago when he was beaten with an iron rod. His attacker had then assaulted him again but had never been brought to justice.

Dyminski was in breach of a suspended sentence for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray imposed in 2018.

Judge Mansell said he had read a heart-breaking letter from his mother saying he had made two attempts on his life after suffering the change in personality.

It had taken two convictions for assault to get him the medical treatment he urgently needed.

Judge Mansell said there was a bed available at the hospital where Dyminski had been treated for the last few months.

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