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Man attacked friend at Bluewater
3:37pm Friday 3rd October 2008
A 23-YEAR-OLD man who broke a friend's jaw in an unprovoked attack has been spared jail.
Thomas Dine, of Coombefield Drive, Dartford, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday (October 1) after admitting causing GBH and criminal damage.
The attack at Bluewater shopping centre on May 30 left Lee Page with a broken jaw after he was punched to the ground and then kicked.
The court was told the attack happened after Dine had been left waiting in a car for half an hour.
Mr Page, who had been friends with Dine for around 10 years, had gone to meet his girlfriend in the centre.
When he returned to the car Dine attacked him in a rage. He had wanted to go and meet his own girlfriend.
Prosecutor Jo Cope said: "He ran at him, punched him to the side of his face and then to the other side, causing Mr Page to fall to the ground, knocking his head and becoming unconscious. The defendant then kicked him."
After the attack the 29-year-old victim was taken to hospital and had to have metal plates inserted to repair his fractured jaw. He has been left with speech problems.
Mrs Cope said he had been unable to return to his previous job which had involved working on scaffolding.
Anna Farley, mitigating, told the court Dine was a pleasant person who was respectful and mature.
She said: "He wants to renew the friendship but knows that is up to the victim.
"This has focused his mind. He knows he has got to get his anger sorted and he desperately wants help to control it."
Judge David Griffiths-Jones told Dine: "You subjected Mr Page to a cowardly attack. It was wholly unprovoked. It was unnecessary and left him with serious injuries."
Dine was given a 12-month jail term, suspended for two years. He was also given a curfew running from 8pm and 6am and ordered to wear an electronic tag for two months.
The judge also ordered him to carry out 250 hours' unpaid work and to attend an anger management programme.
Dine was also ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to Mr Page.
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Fred, says...
5:05pm Fri 3 Oct 08
Vicki, Kent says...
5:25pm Fri 3 Oct 08
Sasha, Bromley says...
7:29pm Fri 3 Oct 08
m, greenwich says...
8:18pm Fri 3 Oct 08
Mark, Dartford says...
6:34am Sat 4 Oct 08
GOD, UP ERE says...
7:42am Sat 4 Oct 08
Tony, Gravesend says...
9:33am Sat 4 Oct 08
simon, erith says...
12:50pm Sun 5 Oct 08
max, dartford says...
1:48pm Sun 5 Oct 08
No not the judge!!
I wonder if he had been walking the streets if the victim was a judges son or the son of a lodge member??
Who f****** Cares, Swanley says...
5:05pm Sun 5 Oct 08
so what who gives a feck,its hardly an important story. I dont give a toss....
max, dartford says...
9:03pm Sun 5 Oct 08
You are a tosser
No wonder you live in Swanley
Who f****** Cares, Swanley says...
7:27am Mon 6 Oct 08
max wrote:ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
f***** Cares.
You are a tosser
No wonder you live in Swanley
ZZZZ...
and I dont give a toss about what you think either you ****.
Anyone reading this will see how thick you are - some nomark in DARTFORD slagging off Swanley.
Its like someone in the Gorbals slagging off Edinborough.
Go and get your benefit cheque you obese whelk
milk lover, dartford says...
10:42am Mon 6 Oct 08
Grady., Dartford. says...
3:20pm Mon 6 Oct 08
SAY NO TO TESCO.
Greg, Blackheath says...
8:40pm Mon 6 Oct 08
You obviously do give a toss what Max stated otherwise you wouldn't reply you stupid man. Swanley...umm let me think,,,caravan, lay by, low IQ, DSS, fatherless kids all come to mind. Your name says it all.
Mark, Dartford says...
9:31am Tue 7 Oct 08
kirsty25, gravesend says...
4:33pm Sun 12 Oct 08
max wrote:this is for max lmao who the f*** lives in swanley you moron if you read the paper the right way its for dartford and swanley the bloke involved in this story is from dartford so you really need to read the paper properly or is it that ur a hillbillie that lives in swanley with the rest of the in-breeds
f***** Cares. You are a tosser No wonder you live in Swanley
The attack happened at Bluewater
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