David Allsop says he has no recollection of assaulting an 89-year-old man and dragging a 16-year-old girl into bushes.

Nottingham Crown Court was told that Allsop (48), of Walton Street, Sutton, suffers from Korsakof Syndrome, or amnesiac alcoholism, and also uses an electronic voice box following the removal of his larynx.

His elderly victim was walking home from bingo along Stockwell Gate on 2nd September last year.

The court was told he may have looked disapprovingly at Allsop, believing he was vandalising a fence.

Allsop approached the pensioner from behind and punched him in the head, before wrestling him to the ground where he continued to hit him.

Prosecutor Jeremy Janes told the court on Friday: "The victim spent four days in hospital and needed surgery to a multiple fracture to his elbow, where bones stuck out through the flesh."

While on bail on 13th November, Allsop grabbed a 16-year-old girl walking her dogs on Jubilee Way and dragged her into bushes.

Passer-by Michael Boulton, who heard her screams and restrained Allsop on the ground until the police arrived, was awarded £250 by judge Jonathan Teare.

The judge told him: "With considerable bravery you were able to apprehend the defendant, it was an extremely public-spirited act."

Allsop admitted causing grievous bodily harm to his victim, common assault of his second victim and also a house burglary on 21st April while on bail for a second time.

In mitigation, the court was told it was an unusual case but Allsop's clinical condition appeared to back up his lack of recollection.

But the judge told him: "The fact you have no recollection is no excuse, you chose to take alcohol."