A short-tempered dad "saw red" when a shopkeeper refused to sell his 13-year-old son an energy drink.
Frances Wilmott, prosecuting, said the victim was working in the off licence shortly after midday when the boy came into the shop, picked up an energy drink and threw the money on the till. He tried to leave, but was stopped by the shopkeeper, who thought he was "eleven or twelve" years old. The shopkeeper suffered a broken eye socket, nose and cheek bone, and was left with blurred vision, permanent numbness in his face, headaches, and scarring.
He said Brown's son, now aged 16, was "displaying serious behavioural problems and causing serious problems" for his parents, adding: "The defendant acknowledges that he as a role model has been appalling."