Wilfred Fantie, 44, struck Aaron Bateman, 28, from Dunstable, following an altercation outside the Wheatsheaf pub in Dunstable on 12 February last year.
Mr Bateman was visiting the pub with his father and a group of friends having attended a local football match.
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