I hope he has learnt a hard lesson

Champ, 17, on jailed bully

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG

AS he sits in his prison cell, Stuart Briggs may be wondering why jiujitsu is known as the "gentle art".

The thug, 35, randomly attacked 16-year-old student Alex Williams, not knowing he is an expert in the martial art, and was slammed to the ground.

He was jailed for 20 months this week for biting Alex, who has now set up self-defence classes for under-12s who might be targeted by a bully too.

Alex, now 17, said: "I'm glad he went to prison but it should have been for longer. I hope he's learnt a hard lesson not to pick on young people."

Alex was on his lunch break from college in Guisborough town centre in North Yorkshire, when Briggs stormed over to him, unprovoked.

The jobless drug addict snarled "I'm gonna smash your head in" and "I'll stab you down the alley".