Birmingham’s Gay Village has told how he was left almost blinded after being punched unconscious by a stranger.Matt Brooks was sitting eating chips on the way home from drinks with a friend in the city centre when he was struck without warning.His left eye socket was broken in two places, with only the quick reaction of people in the vicinity and an emergency operation saving his sight.The assistant pub manager said no one has yet been caught for the assault – which he believes was a homophobic attack – even though the culprit has been identified from a social media image by his boss.In the hours before being targeted he had finished a double shift at a pub that ended shortly after midnight on Thursday, September 30.After meeting a friend.