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A man beat up one of his friends, breaking his jaw, when he found out that he had shaved off all his pubic hair as a joke after a drunken night out, a court heard.

Prosecutor Nick Todd said James Hill had passed out on the sofa at the home of his pal Matthew Dickinson.

When Hill, 24, woke up the following morning he had no idea what had happened and only found out when he returned home and had a shower.

He stormed round to confront Mr Dickinson, punching him in the face and pushing him down a flight of stairs.

Mr Todd told the court: "Mr Dickinson and another man went on a drunken night out in Skegness and ended up at Mr Dickinson's home.

"The third man left but at some time, in a drunken prank, Mr Dickinson shaved the pubic hair of Hill.

"Mr Hill went home amicably in the morning but after he got home he went out and found Mr Dickinson at Grand Central in Grand Parade and punched him in the face."

Dave Clapham, defending, told the court: "Mr Hill passed out on the sofa, then woke up and left in the morning.

"When he got home, he got in the shower and then he realised what had happened.

"Whether or not there was consent at the time, there was an inability to consent, because of his drunken state."

Hill, of Skegness, Lincs, who pleaded guilty to assault, was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years by the town’s magistrates.

He was also placed on a 12-month supervision order, ordered to carry out 150 hours’ unpaid work and told to pay £400 in compensation to Mr Dickinson.