A violent thug barged a parking warden to the ground as he was about to slap a parking ticket on his car then shouted, “oi fat boy, what do you think you’re doing?”

Danny Corneille pushed the warden so hard he was sent hurtling into a restaurant window, fracturing his shoulder and leaving him lasting damage.

Victim Gareth Lawrence was about to issue the ticket when Corneille ran towards him demanding he didn't issue the fine, despite being parked on double yellow lines.

The 47-year-old roofer pushed Mr Lawrence forcefully into the window of an Indian restaurant so hard he knocked his glasses off leaving him unable to see.

Because the warden’s hands were up taking a photo of the car, he was unable to cushion his fall.

Corneille was captured on the body worn camera captured shouting, “I will smack your f*****g head in. Alright fat boy?” as he put his hands around his neck and pushed his head down on the ground.

The attacker then got into his illegally parked Ford Fiesta and drove off from the scene in Sheerness Hight Street, Kent, on January 6.

Mr Lawrence felt "excruciating pain" in his shoulder and was taken to hospital and treated for the fracture.

He was unable to drive, work or dress himself for six weeks and left unable to help his wife with their two young children or do domestic chores.

Shortly before the attack on Mr Lawrence, Corneille had been in a pub and became angry when he saw a man who had caused serious injury to his partner's son in a driving incident.

At Maidstone Crown Court today Corneille, who admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm, was jailed for two years.

Dominic Connolly prosecuting said: “He describes his attacker standing over him, shouting at him and preventing him from getting up.

“His glasses came off and were damaged. He is nearly blind without them. He saw his attacker get into his illegally parked vehicle and drive off.”

James Ross, defending, said Corneille, of Sheerness, Kent, wept when police showed him CCTV footage from shops of the violence.

Judge Martin Joy said despite Corneille’s genuine remorse and “incredible insight”, those serving the public had to be protected by the courts.

He said: "This was a gratuitous, unprovoked attack on a traffic warden. You attacked him from behind. It was a sustained attack, extremely forceful and undoubtedly aggressive.

"He was totally defenceless and when he was down you attacked him again and he was seriously injured.

"The letter you wrote does you credit, and it is a genuine expression of remorse. But you are a man on a short fuse, that is plain.

"The offence is so serious that a non-custodial sentence cannot be justified.

"Any public officer attacked in the way you did is entitled to look to the protection of the court, and those who do attack people such as traffic wardens can expect serious, significant and severe punishment."

In his letter to the court, Corneille apologised to the warden and said his behaviour was completely unacceptable.

Corneille had previously been jailed for wounding with intent and jailed for six-and-a-half years in March 2010 for knifing a man in a revenge attack on behalf of a friend.

He had been drinking pubs in Minster, Kent, before going to the home of victim Lee Edmunds.

He stabbed Mr Edmunds in the legs and arms and punctured his chest with a kitchen knife after telling him: “This is for Dean.”

Afterwards, he added: “If you grass me up I’ll come back and cut your throat.”