A MAN who broke another’s eye socket with a single punch said he was justified because he felt intimidated and “uneasy.” Thomas Etherton had arranged a rendezvous at the Shell garage on the A4 Bath Road at Padworth with Trevor Ball, who had agreed to return the phone he had found in Newbury. But instead of handing over a promised £40 reward, Mr Etherton felled Mr Ball with a single punch, Reading Crown Court has heard. Mr Ball has already told jurors how the blow shattered his eye socket resulting in hospital treatment. Describing the punch, Mr Ball said: “It was just so unexpected – I thought…