Brawl breaks out between Blackpool dads at school gates
A Blackpool dad staged an unseemly attack on a fellow parent outside his child’s school.
Only the intervention of a teacher ended Shaun Robinson’s attack on another man at the school gates.
Blackpool Magistrates heard how the teacher rushed over and put Robinson in a headlock to bring him under control, as children screamed in fear.
Robinson, of Saville Road, Blackpool admitted assaulting a fellow parent by head butting and punching him outside the school.
The court heard it was the culmination of long-running friction between the two men.
Robinson’s defence lawyer Gerry Coyle said the victim had originally claimed Robinson had used a weapon in the assault, but this was not the case.
The lawyer said ongoing acrimony between the pair had seen Robinson on the receiving end of regular abuse from the victim.
“The red mist came down that day until the teacher came between them,” said Mr Coyle.