Walsall attack victim fights for life
[gallery] A man is fighting for his life after being attacked outside a pub in Walsall. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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It is claimed that the victim, named locally as 45-year-old Leon Hall, was warned by a friend not to go out over fears for his safety.
He was punched and kicked in the head in the assault outside the Staffordshire Knot in Darlaston in the early hours of yesterday.
Householders described him as a popular figure in the town and 'one of the nice guys'.
They also said he was recovering from leukaemia and had received dialysis due to his illness. Police sealed off an area around the Pinfold Street pub and put up a blue tent at the scene, at the junction with Wolverhampton Street.
