Rampton patient punched care assistant while they played on Nintendo

Adewale Aderonmu was described as 'very calm' when he began playing on a Nintendo Switch, on May 18, said prosecutor Lucy Woodcock.

An NHS health care assistant entered the games room and Aderonmu ‘asked him to help conquer a level of the game’ before hitting him four times.

His victim blacked out for five seconds and when he recovered saw other members of staff detaining the defendant.

The court heard he has six previous convictions for 18 offences - 12 of which are violent.

Representing himself, Aderonmu claimed the attack had been instigated by someone else.

"I didn't know what I was doing," he said. "It's just crazy."

Aderonmu, 36, admitted assaulting an emergency worker at Mansfield Magistrates Court via the video-link, on Thursday.

He was ordered to pay £200 compensation and £85 court costs.