The man laughed as he repeatedly beat disabled man, 62, with a pool cue in Accrington pub
A man has been jailed after he smashed a disabled pub-goer over the head with a glass last June. Michael Maughan, 21, of Hurstwood Avenue, Blackburn, was jailed today (February 10) for a “brutal” attack in which he used two pool cues and a glass on a disabled man who lay unconscious on the floor. The sustained attack took place in the Railway Pub, Accrington, and saw a drunk Maughan punch the man before wielding the pool cue like a baseball bat and smashing him over the head, hitting him so hard that it broke the cue in half. As the pub-goer lay unconscious on the floor, Maughan retrieved a second pool cue and beat him repeatedly before smashing a glass over his head, laughing throughout the assault. He then told the pub landlord: “Am I barred? Because if I am I will finish him off,” he also threatened to deal out violence to anyone who called the police. The 21-year-old will spend nine years behind bars for the assault and was classed as a “dangerous offender” by the judge. Sentencing, Judge Richard Gioserano said: “It was a brutal and sickening attack and you showed…