Thug ‘blinded man when told to get off betting machine’

A Romanian carpenter went berserk and partially blinded a man when he was told to get off a betting machine. Victim John Begar was unable to run the half marathon he was to complete in his daughter’s memory when he was attacked by Viorel Alexe, 28. Alexe flew into a rage when a member of staff asked if he could get off the machine at a BetFred branch near Russell Street, central London so she could empty it. He spat…