'He was a concerned citizen and shouted to ask if all was well - you each took grave exception to that'

A Good Samaritan who tried to help a woman in 'distress' was brutally attacked in front of his daughter by two thug next door neighbours. The victim noticed Dominic Hudson and Paul Bloomfield with two women while he walked down the street 'minding his own business' in Sale, Trafford.

Bloomfield had one woman in a headlock and Hudson, who used to be a successful businessman worth more than £1 million before descending into drug addiction, was shouting at the other. The Good Samaritan, who was with his 12 year-old daughter, shouted out to the women to check if they were okay.

"You each took grave exception to that," a judge said of Hudson and Bloomfield. Bloomfield told him to 'f*** off' before they both pursued him and launched a brutal attack. He was attacked with a pair of scissors and was punched and kicked. At one point he was pinned to the floor.

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But the brave victim was able to take a photograph of his attackers which helped land them behind bars. He told the court how he will now be 'more reluctant to help others in future'.

Now the pair, both 47, who both have 'extensive' criminal pasts, have both been jailed for three years and four months. Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard how the incident unfolded on Harboro Road in Sale, where Hudson and Bloomfield were next door neighbours, on Monday, August 1 last year.

The pair became aggressive after their behaviour was challenged, with Bloomfield swearing, making threats and 'getting into his personal space', prosecutor Saul Brody said. He noticed Hudson had a blade before Bloomfield punched him