Hull Crown Court heard how Luke Yeaman repeatedly punched the victim
A violent thug who once boasted “I’m the King of East Hull” viciously attacked another man during a sudden “eruption of temper” in a pub – just a few years after he launched another nasty assault in a different pub. Luke Yeaman repeatedly punched the victim, kicked him, stamped on his head and hit him with a bar stool during the frightening and “sustained” beating, Hull Crown Court heard.
Yeaman, 38, of Roborough Close, Bransholme, Hull, but recently in custody, admitted attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on the man on March 12. Stephen Welch, prosecuting, said that Yeaman and the other man were inside the Wawne Ferry pub in Wawne Road, Bransholme, at about 5.50pm and both of them were sitting at the bar. They seemed to have a verbal exchange and Yeaman put his arm around the man in what seemed to be a friendly manner.
He pushed the man in the chest in what seemed to have been an unprovoked way. Yeaman pushed him off his bar stool before launching a “sustained” attack on him.
He repeatedly punched the other man to the head and several witnesses tried to stop him from doing so but Yeaman continued the attack. During the violence, Yeaman punched another man in the face when that person was getting involved.
Yeaman kicked the first man in the face and repeatedly stamped on his head. He then dragged the victim to a more open area of the pub by his feet.
Yeaman picked up a bar stool and hit the man with it while the victim was holding on to another stool to protect himself while he was lying on the floor. “He punched him several more times,” said Mr Welch.
The victim managed to stand up and leave the pub and get into his van. Yeaman followed him and threw a glass at the van. The man left and, a few minutes later, Yeaman also left.
The victim did not provide a statement after the attack. However, medical evidence showed that he suffered bruises to the front and back of his head after the assault.
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Yeaman was arrested on March 15 and, during police interview, he made no comment to all questions. He had a number of previous convictions for violence, including on May 12, 2023 when he was jailed for two years for inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Rachel Scott, mitigating, said that Yeaman had no memory at all of the incident and there had been no previous issues with the victim of the assault. He had written a letter to the court and he had shown genuine remorse.
The “eruption of temper” in the pub seemed to have been caused by a “toxic mix” of problems that he had suffered and his “voluntary intoxication”. He was working on his substance misuse and there were positive references for him. Yeaman was jailed for three years.