Builder who left a man badly brain damaged will be out in less than a year

A builder beat a fellow tradesman so severely he left him with dementia, a court heard Robert March, 59, punched Martin Smith, 52, in a row at the Alderman Pub garden, Harold Hill, Essex. March was aggrieved that his old employer had given work to Mr Smith and not him and called him ‘a leech.’ He then turned to Mr Smith and said ‘You’re a thieving c**t, a user, get out the pub.’ Mr Smith offered to leave the pub…