Leamington victim says attacker who nearly killed him has got away with a 'slap on wrist' as punishment

Lucas Roddis, 19, was given a suspended sentence after carrying out an unprovoked attack on a complete stranger during a night out in Birmingham last November. His victim, a Leamington man who asked to remain anonymous, said the near-fatal incident has ruined his life.
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A Leamington man ‘whose life has been ruined’ after he was the victim of a cowardly assault while on a night out in Birmingham last year says his attacker has ‘got off with a slap on the wrist’.

Lucas Roddis, 19, was given a suspended sentence after carrying out an unprovoked attack on a complete stranger during a night out in Birmingham last November.

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At Birmingham Crown Court earlier this month Roddis, of Guernsey Drive, in Smith's Wood, Solihull, admitted an offence of unlawful wounding - s20 grievous bodily harm - and received a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.