A failed Albanian asylum seeker who struck a man with a corkscrew in a fracas outside a nightclub has walked free from court.
Meklant Braha arrived in the UK after sneaking onto a boat to cross the English Channel three years ago.
A court heard he was refused asylum in 2023 but is appealing the decision and has been working in his uncle's bar in a seaside town.
Magistrates heard that after finishing a shift at the bar in Bournemouth, Dorset, the 20-year-old claimed he saw a fight in the vicinity of the town's Cameo nightclub and stepped in to help.
But a drunken Braha said he felt threatened and grabbed the corkscrew that was in his pocket to 'fight his way out'.
