Shropshire man jailed for beating 'good Samaritan' unconscious in his own home
A 26-year-old Shropshire man has been jailed for "a controlled and targeted" assault which left his victim with serious eye and facial injuries.
Victim Adam Chayter had been acting as a 'Good Samaritan' when he was attacked in his own home and left unconscious.
He was left with damage to his eye and facial numbness as a result of the sustained assault by Thomas Evans in August last year.
Evans was jailed for 29 months for inflicting grievous harm.
Judge Jonathan Gosling said the victim suffered unpleasant facial injuries and some long-term effects and the punches to his face were controlled and targeted and Evans had gone back to the unconscious victim and struck a final blow.
Evans, of Berriwood Lane, Condover, had been seen outside Mr Chayter's home which he shared with his partner, Lisa Nicholls, in the early evening of August 1.
Shrewsbury Crown Court heard that he was invited in because he said he needed to use a phone and was given a drink.
Mr Kevin Jones, prosecuting, said the victim's act of kindness was rewarded by being attacked, but it remained unclear what triggered the violent assault.
He said that Miss Nicholls saw her partner cowering on the floor and the defendant aiming deliberate punches to his face.
She was able to pull Evans away and he was leaving but went back and hit Mr Chayter again before leaving the house.
Mr Chayter was left with a fracture of his eye socket and nerve damage and long term problems with his eye and facial numbness.
Mr Stephen Scully, for Evans, said his client had been drinking and had taken cocaine and something caused him to lose his temper.
He said Evans had tried to make sense of what happened and accepts he was reckless, but he turned to drink and drugs when under stress, and wanted to apologise to the victim.
