Jail for man who went beserk in Halifax pub

A Huddersfield man has been jailed for more than four years after he went “beserk” in a busy Halifax pub.
Matthew Lodge, 47, bit through the ear of one man and headbutted three other people when a night out at the Railway Hotel in Horton Street erupted into violence last December.
Bradford Crown Court heard today (Friday) that Lodge, of Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor, struggled to cope in confined or crowded places and prosecutor Michael Jowett said the customers were standing “shoulder to shoulder” in the busy pub that night.
The shocking incident began when Lodge, for no reason, kicked... read more