Great-grandfather Phillip Ormerod, 102, who died after allegedly being assaulted at the Crow’s Nest pub in Cwmbran on August 1, was a “pub character” who had been diagnosed with dementia, his son Robert Ormerod has said.

A 102-year-old man is fighting for life after being attacked in a pub, as a 56-year-old man is arrested.

A 102-year-old man who was allegedly pushed off a stage as a band was playing in his local pub has died in hospital after suffering critical injuries.