A groom punched two bridesmaids in the face and left one needing her cheekbone reconstructed with a metal plate after lashing out at his own wedding reception.
John Paul Campbell, 27, attacked his new wife’s best friend, Samantha Dewar, after she stepped in to break-up a fight between him and another bridesmaid at Masonic Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
After hitting the bridesmaid he originally got into an argument with, Campbell punched mother-of-two Ms Dewar ‘full in the face’ and sent her flying to the floor in the ‘unprovoked attack’.
The 26-year-old suffered a fractured cheekbone and had to have a metal plate inserted to reconstruct her cheek following the incident in the wedding venue’s car park.
Campbell has now pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm at Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard he first got into a row with another bridesmaid at his own wedding reception on September 13 last year.
During this bust-up, the bridesmaid hit Campbell and he responded by punching her back.
It was then that Ms Dewar stepped in to try and calm things down, only to end up being punched to the ground.
Prosecutor Debbie Byrne, said: ‘This was an unprovoked attack which left a serious injury.
‘It was the defendant’s wedding and the complainant was the bridesmaid. The male got into an argument with another female witness.
‘She strikes him and he strikes her. The complainant approached the groom from behind and was shouting and he turned around and without warning punched her to the face, knocking her to the ground.’
Defending, Lisa Morton said: ‘It’s a one punch scenario. It’s a serious matter and there’s no getting away from that.’
Campbell will now be sentenced at Chester Crown Court in due course.
Source: Daily Mail