The man flew into a rage after arguing about £100 (Picture: Getty)

A man attacked his dad, 70, with a casserole dish whilst visiting him to ‘reconnect’.

Peter Taylor, 43, from Leicester, was drunk on whisky as the two men had discussed money.

His father had previously lent him £100 and, after discussing the cash, then asked his son to leave.

But Taylor, a playground supervisor, then flung a small dining table across the flat and launched an attack on the pensioner sat in his chair.

Leicester Crown Court heard how his dad was knocked to the floor.

Taylor then continued to punch the older man and picked up a casserole dish to use as a weapon.

Neil Bannister, prosecuting, said: ‘His father said “Keep the £100 but leave, just go.” That seemed to trigger something in the defendant and he began to throw items around the flat, including a small dining table.

‘His father couldn’t get out his chair to defend himself. He was punched to the face and fell to the floor.

Taylor was given a 22-month suspended sentence, and was banned from visiting his dad for five years (Picture: PA Archive/PA Images)

‘The defendant used a casserole pot to hit him. The victim also described being grabbed by the throat.’

Taylor’s father suffered bruises all over his body, including two black eyes, and the missing teeth and broken ribs.

James Varley, defending, said the accused and his dad had never had a good relationship.

The father had left the home when he was still young.

The 43-year-old’s mum had died a year before, and Taylor had been trying to connect with his last remaining parent who he had not seen in five years.

Mr Varley said: ‘Drink has the habit of magnifying grievances.’

He added Taylor had stopped drinking after the attack, and he cared for his partner and her two children.

Mr Varley urged Recorder Balraj Bhatia KC, to give Taylor, who had been in custody since the attack, a suspended jail sentence so he could help his family over Christmas.

Recorder Bhatia said Taylor’s success in getting off heroin, his support of his partner and her two sons and his voluntary work at a playground, as well as the time he had already spent behind bars, meant he could suspend the prison sentence.

Taylor, who had pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actually bodily harm and strangulation, was given a 22-month sentence suspended for two years, with no further requirements.

A restraining order was issued, banning the 43-year-old from contacting his father for the next five years.

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The man was visiting his dad to ‘reconnect’.