“My ex girlfriend told me she saw me arguing with a man and she came downstairs, she shouted to me and I turned to face her, as I did that he hit me and I fell.

“My head hit the road.

“It’s what they call a lucky punch, or an unlucky punch, and it robbed me of my whole life.”

In 2013 Stephen Williams was attacked outside his former partner’s home in Walthamstow, as he went to see his children.

He was punched once in the head causing a brain haemorrhage which left him fighting for his life.

The father-of-two, 28 at the time, made it out of intensive care but suffered brain damage.

A cranial plate had to be fitted in Stephen’s head, leaving him with a deformed skull, problems using the left side of his body and epilepsy.

The attack on May 6, 2013 changed Stephen’s life forever.

While recovering in hospital, the bus driver had his first epileptic fit; the first sign of just how much his life would change.

“Luckily the first episode happened in hospital. Some friends had come to see me and I lost control of my arm,” he recalled.

“I didn’t know what was happening, it was really scary.

“To go from being a dad, a man, someone who works, to being in hospital having seizures is something I just can’t describe in words.

“I have been through so many emotions; I have watched my life crumble in front of me.”

Because of his epilepsy Stephen has been unable to work, his relationship broke down and he was housed in a hostel in Leyton.

Two years later, he has been told he is ‘too disabled’ for the property by landlords Paradigm Housing.

After turning to Ascham Homes for help, he was then told he is not considered vulnerable enough for sheltered housing.

“After all this I am looking at being homeless,” He said.

“I’ve had fits at the hostel and had ambulances called and they say I can’t live there because of my needs – I get that.

“But Ascham Homes won’t help and I have nowhere to go.

“I am a 30-year-old man who wants nothing more than to provide for his children. I want to go back to work.

“I paid into the system for years, for what? To be told I can’t be helped when my luck is down.”

Ascham Homes has told Stephen they will only re-asses his vulnerability if he is handed a court order from his current housing provider.

Stephen’s face fills with pride as he shows off a picture of his two sons.

“I’ve got something to live for,” he said.

“I will work again, I will be happy again; I just need help to get there.”

The man who attacked Stephen was given a 15 month prison sentence of which he served less than half, and some of which was out on licence.

It is Stephen who now faces the life sentence.