‘Ferocious dig in the face’ knocked girl out

A young man who knocked a girl unconscious with a “ferocious dig in the face” after a name calling incident has been ordered to do community service in lieu of a prison sentence.

Aaron Daly, aged 20, was out with his girlfriend and their friends when the group came across then 20-year-old Jamie Kelly and her friends. Daly’s group started shouting comments and Ms Kelly approached them about it.

She was walking away when a glass bottle was thrown in her direction. The bottle smashed and a piece of glass cut Ms Kelly’s arm, so she returned to the group and confronted them.