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An off-duty PSCO attacked a rugby player outside McDonald's in Leeds train station during a drunken night out.

Matthew Dove, 27, pushed the victim out of the fast food restaurant before Daniel Hutchinson, 29, punched him.

Leeds Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of the victim falling to the ground and Dove kicking him.

He was punched again when he tried to get back up, rendering him unconscious.

The incident happened in the early hours of March 31 last year after the victim was asked to leave McDonald's.

In a statement, the victim said a previous assault had negatively affected his mental health and he was nervous to return to that state of mind.

He said sport helps his mental health but he had to take time off from playing rugby while his shoulder recovered from Dove and Hutchinson's attack.

Dove, of Sidney Houses, Church Street, Littleover, Derby, and Hutchinson, of Nairn Avenue, Derby, pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Neither of the men have any previous convictions.

Nicola Hunter, mitigating for Dove, said Derbyshire Constabulary had accepted her client as a police support community officer just days before the attack.

She said Dove was initially trying to help get the victim out of McDonald's, adding: "One would have thought he knew better on this occasion."

Sentencing, Recorder Joanne Kidd said: "The incident on that night in March last year was an unprovoked, ugly attack of public violence which clearly caused significant distress to those people who were around Leeds railway station that night.

"It is clear from the CCTV that there was no need for either or you to involve yourself in this particular incident.

"Dove, you behaved in a gratuitous and bullying fashion."

She told Dove: "You have had to live with the consequences of your gratuitous, violent behaviour that night.

"It is clear that you are full of remorse as to your conduct that night.

"Also, ironically, the impact and effect of the commission of this offence has had real long-standing consequences for you pursuing your dream of being a police constable."

Dove was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £1,000 compensation to the victim and pay £204 in prosecution costs.

Hutchinson was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £250 compensation to the victim and pay £204 in prosecution costs.