A MOTHER wept as she told a court she would never see her son walk into the room again after he was killed in a drunken fight.

Anthony Jordan died from a brain haemorrhage aged 29 after spending four months in hospital and undergoing 17 operations, Worcester Crown Court was told.

His attacker, Michael Davis, was this week jailed for six years and three months after admitting manslaughter.

Father-of-four Davis, aged 34, put his head down and sobbed in the dock as he listened to Carole Jordan read a statement on the impact of her son's death.

"I don't think that when you hit Anthony you wanted to kill him," she said. "You just wanted to hurt him, to make yourself look big. I hope you feel big now."

Michael Burrows, QC, prosecuting, told the court Mr Jordan had been out with friends and was in Dixon Street in Kidderminster at around 3am on Sunday, October 12 last year.

Davis of Queen Elizabeth Street, Kidderminster and his partner Sarah Davies (CORRECT) had been to a wedding and had also been drinking, the court heard. Miss Davies stumbled and Davis reacted when he heard someone make the comment "nice legs."

CCTV footage showed Davis and Mr Jordan confront each other. They were both involved in throwing punches before Mr Jordan and Mr Young crossed the road. Some further comments were exchanged and Davis followed them. He hit Mr Jordan to the head and he fell to the floor.

Davis initially said he had been acting in self defence and said he "could not hit anyone as hard as that."

Mr Jordan was unconscious on the floor and paramedics found a couple of teeth in the road nearby, the court heard. He was bleeding and had swelling to his face. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for specialist neuro surgical treatment in the intensive care unit and did not leave hospital before his death on February 24 this year.

Antonie Muller (CORRECT) defending said the fight had been "drunken grappling" and witnesses said many of the blows did not land. He said Davis had been due to look after his children on the day but had changed the plans to go to a wedding.

"There was no trouble at the wedding," Mr Muller said. "He was not looking for trouble."

Judge Robert Juckes, QC, said it was clear from the reaction of Davis to the victim impact statement that he was genuinely remorseful. it was not clear exactly how the fight started but it had been a serious disturbance.

"It's the kind of behaviour that causes other users of town centres like Kidderminster and Worcester and all our town centres to feel insecure," he said.

He said the injury that caused Mr Jordan 's death was clearly caused by one of the blows.

"The violence was unlawful from start to finish though the consequences were unintended and unexpected," he said.

In her statement Mr Jordan's mum described him as "larger than life", who would bring life to any quiet room.

She broke down in tears as she read her victim impact statement and said that now "Anthony would never be coming through the door ever again."

She said that as a police officer, she was expected to be tough and able to cope.

"When he was fighting for his life I was not a police officer," she said. "I was, and still am, Anthony's mom."

Anthony, she said, had recently separated from his partner, who had a son, and they had a younger son together. He had wanted to take them all to Disneyland and had just started taking the older boy to watch Kidderminster Harriers but now he would not see them grow up.

She said he loved Christmas and it would be hard for the family without him for the first time this year. On his birthday, on January 19 next year, they intended to hold a party and have a cake.

"My son has been killed and I know I should be angry or shouting and cross but I am numb," she said. "I miss my son. I want him back."

She said that during the vigil at his bedside, she had kept a diary as her hopes were raised and dashed, with the intention of sharing it with him. But he never left hospital. Three months before he died, he spoke for one final time, she told the court.

"His last words were 'I love you, mom," she said. "I really love you."