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A holidaymaker was beaten up by a have-a-go hero who misread the situation after his drunken girlfriend attacked him with two knives.

A court heard how a man heard her screams, jumped to the wrong conclusion that the victim was attacking her, and went into their holiday chalet to protect her.

But he kicked victim Daniel Copeland with such force that he broke his arm.

Mr Copeland was then dragged out of the chalet at Towyn near Rhyl, North Wales, and beaten up by two other men.

At Mold Crown Court his then girlfriend Megan Natasha Evans, and the man who went “to her rescue but went over the top”, Raffal Kossowski, each received suspended prison sentences.

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Evans, 22, of, Poplar Drive, Linley, Stoke-on-Trent, who had never been in trouble before, received a two year prison sentence suspended for two years, with 250 hours unpaid work, and ten days rehabilitation.

She was ordered to pay £500 compensation, reports the Birmingham Mail.

Kossowski, 37, of Ryde Grove, Acocks Green, Birmingham received a 16 month prison sentence suspended for two years with 200 ours unpaid work and £750 compensation.

Both admitted wounding charges at an earlier occasion.

Judge Niclas Parry said that it was a serious incident of violence. He said: “It was a sustained, repeated assault by Evans who with a knife caused an injury to the abdomen which was very serious.

“In drink, she began to argue with the victim and resorted to the use of two knives.

“The victim understandably believed that she was going to stab him.

“She was disarmed, the judge said, but picked up a second knife and caused further injuries to him.

“You should understand, and I am sure that you do, in your drunken state and out of control of your senses, the consequences could have been catastrophic if not fatal,” said Judge Parry.

Kossowski had left the chalet before any incident of violence and when he returned kicked the victim, who was on the floor, so forcefully that he broke his arm.

“Your two friends then dragged him outside and he was further beaten up,” the judge told him.

The victim was left with a broken arm, cuts to his fingers and an injury to the abdomen.

He said that the impact upon him had been significant.

Kossowski was said by his barrister to have kicked once, causing a serious injury, believing that he was going to the aid of a young woman under attack.

Elen Owen, for Evans, said that in her basis of plea she said she was pushed to the floor, was screaming for help and got the knife in the heat of the moment.

References showed that it was out of character and that she was an extremely hard worker, a highly regarded employee and a lady with a strong social conscience.