Shoplifting thug who 'revelled in violence' locked up for attack

A violent shoplifter left a supermarket manager deaf and with a serious brain injury after he caught him stealing.

- by Nick Frame

The manager approached teenager Ryan Milner and his pal when they were loading items into a bag at the Lidl store in Woodlesford.

Milner landed the single punch outside the entrance of the Aberford Road shop, then gloated over the man, boasting that he was a boxer as his pal filmed it on his phone.

The man was left motionless on the pavement with blood seeping from his head. He suffered a bleed to the brain and a fractured skull. He has been left deaf in his right ear and doctors say it is unlikely his hearing will return.

Milner and his friend had gone into the shop at around 2.20pm on July 23, Leeds Crown Court heard.

He was approached by staff who suspected they had been stealing and asked to show the contents of his bag.