Man's jaw broken in random attack after late shift

A 19-year-old who was violently attacked on his way home from work has called for more late night public transport so hospitality workers can get home safely. Sonny Barnett from Liverpool was punched by a stranger as he was looking for a rental scooter to ride home after public transport services had ended after his shift at a city centre restaurant. Sonny said for hospitality workers like him the cost of a taxi home is too much. Metro mayor Steve Rotheram, speaking on BBC Radio Merseyside in response to Sonny's story, said until buses were brought under public control, there was nothing to compel firms to run them later into the night. Sonny said: "People who work in hospitality aren't paid enough to be able to get Ubers home after every shift because that's just half your wage just gone." He said he had finished a 12-hour hour shift and was searching for a scooter when he was punched by a random stranger. "So I left work and there was no buses or trains so I decided to get a scooter on which I'd done a few times before," he said. "I saw a man jogging towards me, I thought he was jogging towards his friends, as he got up to me he punched me in the face and shouted 'bang' and then

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