article_snippet.sent: Mr Merrett, who was jailed for 12 months in 2009 for affray, also accused a young woman of damaging the reputation of he trade and 'hard working' builders by trying to get his trade and 'hard working' builders prosecuted.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Merrett was 23 when Mr Merrett received a 12-month prison sentence for an unprovoked attack on a Malvern to Birmingham train in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: Jailing Mr Merrett and Mr Merrett friend Anthony Hannay, Judge Amjad Nawaz condemned their 'disgraceful' behaviour after their repeatedly punched passenger Michael Powell in a drunken attack.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, Judge Amjad Nawaz told their: 'Loutish behaviour like this is sadly becoming all too common.'
article_snippet.sent: Speaking today, Mr Merrett shrugged off a drunken attack, and said: 'It was all a very long time ago when I used to go around town getting p