Street attacker wore T-shirt with name and date of birth printed on it

Thug Dean Bailey had to own up to a vicious city centre attack – because he had his name and date of birth emblazoned on his T-shirt. He was proudly showing off his age on the back of his top because it was his 21st birthday on September 7.

After a night out drinking in Nottingham, he kicked and stamped on mechanic John Scuthern outside Costa coffee, in Friar Lane.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Mr Scuthern suffered damage to his eye socket and a cut close to his eye.

Bailey had been in the Walkabout bar, in Friar Lane, and wrongly believed Mr Scuthern was the same man who had attacked him earlier. The court heard there was no evidence of this – and Mr Scuthern and his friends gave a different version of events.

"He [Bailey] was wearing a white T-shirt with his name and date of birth emblazoned across the back of it," said Jon Fountain, prosecuting. "Mr Scuthern spent two days in hospital as a result of the injuries he received. It has caused his family and himself some distress and they are far more cautious when in the city centre."

The judge said that because of Bailey's previous good character and guilty plea, he would impose a 40-week sentence, suspended for a year." Bailey, who admitted wounding, will be subject to a two-month curfew and tagging. He must also pay Mr Scuthern £300 compensation.