Man's skull fractured as stranger attacks him outside railway stationThe attacker can remember little about the incident due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed at a work partyView Image Swansea's High Street railway station (Image: Adrian White)A man suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain after being attacked by a stranger outside a railway station. He said also in the vicinity of the station was the 50-year-old defendant. The court heard the men briefly exchanged words outside the station before the complainant pushed O'Connor away. The defendant responded by punching his victim to the face causing him to crash to the pavement. He said his client had attended a work do on the night in question where he "drank far more than intended" and "lost control".

Source: Daily Mirror March 24, 2026 17:21 UTC