A CHANCE meeting on the street ended with a 22-year-old man punching another he accused of bullying his 10-year-old brother.

Blackburn magistrates heard the victim lost four teeth in the attack.

He claimed he had been kicked in the mouth after being knocked to the floor by a single blow.

But Andrew Church-Taylor, defending, said his client denied kicking the other man.

β€œHe pleads guilty on the basis of a single punch,” said Mr Church-Taylor.

Anthony Martin Holmes, of Honey Hole, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to assaulting Lee Leecy causing him actual bodily harm. He was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court to be sentenced.