A man has been jailed for a year after pushing a man over and injuring him in an unprovoked late night attack in High Wycombe town centre.
Just after midnight on January 6, 34-year-old Anthony Curtis, of no fixed abode, pushed a 50-year-old man from behind on the High Street.
The victim fell over and sustained a broken hip.
Det Con Carl Wilson, investigating, said: “It is accepted that the offender may not have intended to cause such significant injury to the victim, however the attack was unprovoked and unnecessary and the effects of the night will remain with the victim for a long time.
“Curtis will at least have some time to reflect on his actions.”
Curtis pleaded guilty to the charge of assault occasioning Grievous Bodily Harm at Aylesbury Crown Court on March 13 and was sentenced at the same court to 12 months in prsion on April 30.
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