Woman's eye socket broken as family feud sparks chip shop attack
A woman suffered a broken eye-socket after being punched in a Black Country chip shop following a long-running feud between two families.
The 20-year-old victim was verbally abused by a group of men at the chip shop in King Street, Darlaston.
When she challenged them she was struck by 24-year-old Nadeem Munir in her face resulting in the broken eye-socket.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that when she put her hands to her face they became "covered in blood."
Mr Peter Arnold, prosecuting Munir, said he was part of a group who believed the victim's brother had insulted them at a wedding.
He added the woman had suffered abuse as a result of the dispute over an extended period.
"In her words the defendant and her brother have been giving her trouble over a number of years," he explained.
"She moved about 18 months before this incident which stopped the abuse to her at her house but she still suffered it on the street."
The woman was punched on September 6, 2015, following the chance meeting at the chip shop.
Mr Arnold, added: "At the chip shop she asked the group why they were shouting at her.
"She reported that the defendant started having a go at her and claiming he had had sex with her. He was shouting and was aggressive. She told Munir he was lying and that she had not had sex with him.
"In her statement she says 'he swung a punch towards me which hit the left side of my face. I stepped back and felt like I was going to pass out.'
"'I crouched to the floor and when I put my hands to my face they became covered in blood.'"
The court heard she had to have surgery on the fracture nine days later and has suffered problems related to the injury ever since.
Munir, of Cope Street, Darlaston, told police in interview he was not involved but pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm in April.
On Wednesday he was jailed for 16 months and a restraining order was imposed preventing him from contacting his victim or her family for five years.
Mr Gurdeep Garcha, defending, said his client was "not habitually prone to violence."
He added: "It is right to say there has been animosity between the two parties, but we say this was a chance meeting. He has not gone out looking for her.
"This was not pre-meditated violence. This was short lived and a single blow albeit one that caused a serious injury."
