Thug on ‘final chance’ after leaving student brain damaged in brutal attack is spared jail AGAIN for glassing man in pub
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A THUG on a "final chance" after leaving a student brain damaged in a brutal attack has been spared jail again for glassing a man in a pub. Michael Murray was issued the warning by a judge after he walked free for his role in the horrific assault on Daniel Ezzedine in 2019.
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The 22-year-old found himself back at court for a string of offences - including glassing a pub-goer and threatening his neighbour. Murray was on a suspended sentence at the time of the violent crime spree - but has once again avoided jail. He was this time handed 12-month jail term suspended for 18 months, which the judge described as a "tougher" punishment.
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Judge Sarah Counsell added: "Today is your final chance. If you commit further offences I will have no option but to activate those suspended sentences.”. Murray, who has 13 previous convictions, was even handed back his XL bully dog that had been seized by police after his lawyer successfully argued he was "a fit and proper person" to own one.
The soft sentence has sparked fury from shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, who declared: "He had 13 prior convictions, including causing brain damage. "Three years ago he was given a 'last and final chance' by a judge. Yet he's spared jail, again. Career criminals must be locked up.".
The thug first landed himself in court over the savage attack on German exchange student Daniel when he was aged 18. Daniel was ambushed by a gang of nine yobs who beat him with a bag of bricks in June 2019. The teen - then aged 17 - was left needing round the clock care and had to have part of his brain removed and metal plates inserted into his skull.
