A THUG who used a dating app to lure in his victim before assaulting him with a trampoline pole, in an ill-fated attempt to get his money back, has avoided jail. David Wenham, 42, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon, while his accomplice Oliver Brighton, 18, admitted possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage. Antonie Muller, prosecuting at Worcester Crown Court, explained that the victim, Daniel Hughes, was known to Wenham through a former connection at work. “There was a financial dispute between them,” the prosecutor said. There is some evidence Mr Wenham had transferred £7,000 to the victim. Why, what for, we don’t know.