“Jon, Bristol wrote . . . "a teenage girl punched me as she walked past. No reason for it whatsoever" . . . . . Jon, there is a reason for it . . . . . It was just her way of showing you that she fancied you . . . . Didn't you understand that? :D”

“This is another example of gang culture going to far, just a bunch of drunken idiots with nothing better to do then pick on a man on his own. The man who was attacked served 5 years in Afhanistan fighting for his country and this is how little muppets repay some bravery. Thank god he is now out of hospital and ok.”

“Bristol centre is becoming a no go area for decent folk.”

“Sadly Geoff is correct. Bristol Police need to recruit some men with testicles.”

“I went out in Bristol on a Saturday night for the first time in months recently. Walking through Millennium Square, a teenage girl punched me as she walked past. No reason for it whatsoever. It's just not a safe place to be.”