article_snippet.sent: Richard Hutchinson, 40, from Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, has been jailed for two years for attacking an unemployed scaffolder without warning after the pair fell out over a debt of £300.
article_snippet.sent: Teesside Crown Court heard that the pair had a 'long-running' feud after Hutchinson borrowed the money but had not paid it all back.
article_snippet.sent: Richard Hutchinson, 40, from Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, has been jailed for two years for punching his former friend in a betting shop.
article_snippet.sent: CCTV footage shows Hutchinson run into a betting shop and throw a punch at his former friend.
article_snippet.sent: Hutchinson needed 16 days in intensive care and Hutchinson has now been jailed for two years .
article_snippet.sent: The court heard how both men allegedly made threats and violence against each other in the run-up to the attack, with Hutchinson still owing the victim £60 at the time of the assault.
article_snippet.sent: The prosecution said Hutchinson threw punches at victim the day before the attack then threatened to 'fill victim in' on the phone.
article_snippet.sent: The defence claimed the money was demanded from Hutchinson, that The defence had previously been assaulted, that The defence was threatened with garden shears and told The defence would be given 'a good hiding'.
article_snippet.sent: Duncan McReddie, defending, said Hutchinson acted recklessly with 'a degree of provocation that was long-running' after The defence borrowed £300 from the victim, down to £60 by the time of the assault.
article_snippet.sent: Hutchinson admitted causing grievous bodily harm and Teesside court heard that Hutchinson had a caution for a similar offence in 2005 and assault convictions, but no violence for a decade.
article_snippet.sent: Hutchinson was jailed for two years and given a five-year restraining order banning Hutchinson from contacting the victim or going to Hutchinson street.
highlights_snippet.sent: Richard Hutchinson attacked former friend in betting shop in money row .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hutchinson, 40, admitted grievous bodily harm and jailed for two years .