BILLERICAY eased themselves away from the relegation zone with a vital win at bottom of the table Truro.
Jay May grabbed all four of The Blues' goals on Saturday in a victory made all the more impressive as they achieved it by playing with ten men for more than an hour.
Charlie Taylor was given his marching orders for a second yellow card for dissent in the 26th minute.
Things had started more promisingly for the forward when his fifth minute flick on was rammed home by May.
But the home side were then given a boost when Taylor was red carded midway through the half.
The Billericay striker had just been booked, along with City's Calron Hall, after an off the ball altercation, but then continued to mouth off at referee Steve Daly who gave him a straight red.
But it was Billericay that looked the more likely and May made it 2-0 at the start of the second period with a neat header in the 49th minute past Luke McCormick after a hopeful cross from Dave Collis.
Then Billericay skipper Rob Swaine gave away a free kick on the edge of the box.
From the resultant free kick in the 65th minute substitute Martin Watts gave City hope with a blistering strike, but almost immediately May completed his hat-trick.
The impressive Paul Semukula crossed to May who finished from close range.
Then May added a fourth after Truro we caught short at the back. A long ball over the top found the forward who lobbed the advancing goalkeeper and it was effectively game over.
Kieffer Moore did score a consolation second for City ten minutes from time, but it was too late.
