Lone reveller attacked by Shropshire teenagers as he walked home
Three teenagers from Shropshire who launched a "vicious and frightening" assault on a lone reveller have been handed suspended custodial sentences.
Lawrence Hobbs was walking home along Newport Road in Stafford when a car pulled up, three men got out, rushed over to him and began violently attacking him.
"He was pushed backwards and was lying on the pavement. He was punched and kicked all over his face and body," said Miss Fiona Cortese, prosecuting.
A witness described the assault as "vicious and frightening – as if they really meant to hurt him".
Two women dashed over to help Mr Hobbs but two of the attackers continued to kick him before all of them drove off. Police stopped a Vauxhall Corsa on the Stafford to Newport Road and arrested three suspects.
Martin Lindo, 19, of Allerton Road, Shrewsbury, his brother Kaimar Lindo, 19, of Crescent Road, Hadley, Telford, and Ihsan Malik, also 19, of no fixed address but also from Hadley, all admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.
They were sentenced to eight months' young offender custody suspended for a year, ordered to do 100 hours unpaid community work and each ordered to pay £500 compensation.
Mr Simon Worlock, for Kaimar, said two car loads of young men had come over from Shropshire to celebrate a birthday. They had been drinking but not to excess. It was not clear why their car had stopped, but Malik got out and there was an altercation. The brothers got out intending to get Malik back in the car.
Mr Bernard Porter, for Malik, said: "He accepts he got out and there was a confrontation."
