A man serving a potentially lifelong sentence after being found guilty of wounding a nightclub owner has failed to convince top judges he was wrongly convicted.
Aaron Marcus Brown (23), of Selwyn Corner, Guyhirn, near Wisbech, was found guilty of wounding with intent after a trial at Cambridge Crown Court in January 2006.
He was detained indefinitely and told he would have to serve at least three years be
hind bars before he could even apply for parole. He will only be released if he can convince the Parole Board to do so.
Brown struck Hitereet Singh Virdee on the temple during a street brawl in Royal Place, Wisbech, on the evening of July 2 2005, causing him to collapse and suffer internal bleeding.
Lord Justice Keene told London's Appeal Court there was "powerful evidence that a blunt instrument" was used.
Brown claimed that, although he was present at the scene, he did not cause any injury to Mr Virdee.
Brown's legal team presented fresh evidence to the Appeal Court in the form of a witness who claimed to have seen the incident.
She told Lord Justice Keene, sitting alongside Mr Justice Aikens and Judge Andrew Patience QC, that she saw Brown punch Mr Virdee, but that no weapon was used.
But the judges ruled her evidence was "not capable of belief", and dismissed the appeal.
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