WITH just one punch to the head, father-of-three Kiran Vadnagra spent weeks in a coma and will need permanent care for the rest of his life.
His attacker Nicky Bowers, 26, was sentenced to two years in jail for the unprovoked attack at Hooga Bar in Victoria Road, Chelmsford, but is likely to serve just half that sentence on good behaviour.
Mr Vadnagra, 50, of Althorne, suffered a brain injury and can no longer walk, talk or feed himself.
It comes after 27-year-old Urim Rama was killed with one punch in Duke Street in August last year – just a week after the attack on Mr Vadnagra.
His attacker, Jamie Waters, was jailed for five years in November for manslaughter.
This week the Essex Chronicle joins forces with the Safer Chelmsford Partnership to launch our Every Action Has A Consequence campaign, in a bid to highlight how confrontation can turn ugly as a result of too much alcohol.
With the support of pub safety group Publink, campaign posters this week started to appear in the windows of popular nightspots in a bid to remind people of the dangers of drunken violence.
Nick Harmston, manager of Evoke nightclub, said: "I have witnessed horrendous incidents in the past.
"And I think it is important to get the message across to people that one punch can kill.
"All it takes is for one person to do something wrong and it means that their life is ruined and the victim's too."
In a statement, Mr Vadnagra's family said: "He is just a shell of the man he used to be."
