A man has avoided prison for hitting a brave granddad over the head with a large branch after he had asked him not to swear at an elderly neighbour in a late-night noise row.Angry Thomas Buckley, aged 29, broke passer-by John Dimmick's cheekbone and knocked him unconscious in the street outside a party – but he has dodged jail because he has Asperger's Syndrome.A judge told Buckley that he could have killed the 45-year-old in what he called a "vicious" attack. He was left with a...
