THIS is the shocking moment a man is smashed around the head with a bottle in a racist attack.

Footage shows three thugs approaching a South Korean man in a street in Brighton before one of them swings a champagne bottle into his face.

The victim, who was accompanied by a woman, staggers back and clutches his face as the offenders run off.

Yesterday, the teenager who wielded the Champagne bottle in the vicious assault walked free from court as his friend was blamed for starting the attack.

Louis Barrett was jailed for 20 months after admitting racist harassment, and a racist common assault.

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But Bradley Garrett, who smashed the bottle in Yehsung Kim’s face, breaking his teeth, was spared an immediate jail sentence.

Instead he was given a two year sentence, suspended for two years.

Judge Stephen Mooney said he took into account the fact that Garrett was just 15 at the time of the attack, and blamed Barrett for sparking the incident.

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South Korean exchange student Yehsung Kim

Barrett was also serving a suspended sentence for a second assault at the time - earning him a longer jail term.

Barrett, now 19, of Temple Grove, Burgess Hill, admitted racist harassment and racist common assault.

Garrett, now 18, of Pierces Lane, Haywards Heath, admitted attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm.

University of Sussex student Mr Kim was confronted by the teenagers in North Street, Brighton on October 15, 2017.

Barrett shouted racist abuse and made racist gestures with his eyes.

Mr Kim, who has now returned to South Korea said he still suffers from nightmares as a result of the attack.

He said: “I still struggle mentally and emotionally. I sometimes dream about it repeatedly. When I finally wake up it is distressing.

“Before I left the UK I saw Louis Barrett in Pryzm nightclub. This was the last time where he could have said sorry. He did not, he laughed at me.”