A MAN who found out another man was sending his wife threatening texts lured him to a gym before punching him.

Burnley Crown Court heard Salim Baksh, of Colne Road in Burnley, carried out the attack on Mohammed Koyes Uddin at a gym in his home town.

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The court heard two other men had already been prosecuted over the attack on September 16, last year.

Prosecuting Francis McEntee said: “Mr Uddin had been sending messages to the defendant’s wife.

“There had been an exchange between the defendant and Mr Uddin on Facebook which caused the defendant to become angry. He then telephoned Mr Uddin and invited him to the gym to sort the matter out.”

Mr McEntee said Mr Uddin went to the gym but was confused as to why he had been asked.

The court heard that once he was inside he was lured into a mixed martial arts room and surrounded by three men including Baksh. Once inside he was asked by the defendant “Are you sorry?” and why he had been texting his wife.

Mr McEntee said Mr Uddin was punched to the floor by Baksh with such force that it knocked him unconscious and when he awoke he was being attacked by the two other men.

The court heard Mr Uddin suffered a fractured right cheek bone and a disturbance to the eye socket in the attack.

Baksh, 32, pleaded guilty to common assault on the basis that he arranged to meet the complainant to speak to him and had not gone there with the intention of assaulting him.

He also admitted punching Mr Uddin but did not encourage anybody else to assault him.

The court also heard Baksh had been attacked in his home as a result of the assault.

Mark Stuart, defending, said: “What my client ought to have done when his wife was receiving these messages was go to the police. He is not a violent man. He had an argument. It got out of hand and he punched Mr Uddin.

“There was no weapon and he hadn’t gone tooled up.”

Baksh was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months, told to pay £300 costs and a victim surcharge, No compensation order was made.

Judge Beverley Lunt said: “There is obviously background here and there is no doubt there has been wrongdoing towards your wife. It doesn’t excuse what you did.

“The public must understand that even if it is within people who know each other if there is violence it must result in a prison sentence.

“I sentence you to 15 months imprisonment but I will suspend it for 12 months,”