A man looking for a night-time sexual encounter ended up being attacked by a drunken man he met on a canal towpath, a court heard.The victim, who fought back in self-defence, suffered cuts, bruising and a chipped tooth.The assailant, Raymond Anthony Brown, was the worse for drink as he made his way home in the Abbey Park area and passed the 40-year-old victim, who was unknown to him.Stephen Taylor, prosecuting, said: "It was near a canal, known as an area for homosexual men to have...
