A THUG kicked a man in the head after their feuding partners came to blows in the street.

Peter Williams was with former partner Tracey Keegan in Worthing town centre when they saw Nicola and Umit Ozbey.

There was “animosity” between the two women, a court heard.

The Ozbeys heard shouting behind them and were “confronted”.

Mr Ozbey was “forcibly put to the ground” by a blow believed to be by Ms Keegan.

There, Williams was seen using a “shod foot” to kick or stamp on Mr Ozbey.

At Hove Crown Court, Williams, 35, admitted assault wounding without intent under the Offences Against the Person Act.

Williams was sentenced to a one-year suspended sentence and 20 rehabilitation sessions.

Gareth Burrows, prosecuting, told the court the incident happened on July 4 last year.

He said: “The victim was walking with his wife through Worthing town centre when he heard shouting behind him.

“There was some sort of animosity between his wife and Ms Keegan. They approached him aggressively, shouting as they did so.

“When all four came together, the defendant took off the victim’s sunglasses and threw them to the ground.

“There appears to be a verbal argument.

Mr Ozbey tried to move away, but was then forcibly put to the ground by the suspect.

“Then he was struck forcibly with a foot to the head.”

Mr Ozbey said: “My ten-year-old son saw it all. I am now anxious when we all go out anywhere together and it is busy.”

Rebecca Upton, defending, said Mr Ozbey’s injuries were not caused by the kick to the head, but were sustained as he fell and hit his head either on the ground or on a pram.

She said her client Williams accepted he had kicked Mr Ozbey.

Williams “reacted” as he thought Ms Keegan was being “physically accosted” during the row.

Ms Upton said Williams saw domestic violence as a child and reacted badly.

She said the schools involved were “well aware of a dispute” between the mothers, and said “the incident was instigated by the two women themselves”.

Williams, formerly of Shelley Road, Worthing, is no longer with Ms Keegan.

Judge Shani Barnes said: “At first this case seems to be a very serious and unpleasant incident.

“But when one reads more deeply into the witness statements, all the evidence takes on something of an unusual character.

“The harm was relatively limited, there was perhaps a degree of provocation from the other side.”