Men who kicked their grounded victim during a Lake District street assault have been sentenced for the violence which one of their own barristers even described as deplorable.
Carlisle Crown Court heard how four men who appeared in the dock yesterday were in a vehicle driving around Windermere on the night of June 4 last year.
Also in the area was the former partner of driver David Perrett and her new partner.
At around 9.20pm, passengers Paul Bleasdale, 36, Matthew Vickers, 24, and 22-year-old Adam Perrett left the vehicle and attacked the man.
“They chased him down the street,” said prosecutor Peter Wilson, “and once they had taken him to the ground repeatedly kicked him.”
Bystanders intervened to stop the assault, and the trio were driven away by David Perrett. The man’s injuries comprised grazes and reddening.
Bleasdale, Adam Perrett and Vickers later admitted assaulting the man, causing actual bodily harm.
Adam’s dad, David Perrett, pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting an offender and a separate charge of breaching a restraining order arising out of illegal contact with his former partner before the violence.
All four men were sentenced by Judge Richard Archer. Barristers gave mitigation for the men with the violence by the trio described as disgraceful. Luis Canosa, for Vickers, conceded: “It is deplorable behaviour.”
Bleasdale, of Cant Crescent, Carlisle, had an eight-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, must complete a rehabilitation requirement and pay a £200 fine.
Adam Perrett, of Linden Terrace, of Carlisle, and Vickers, of Wellfield Cottages, Linstock were each given 18-month community orders comprising rehabilitation requirements and 80 hours’ unpaid work.
David Perrett, of Borland Avenue, Carlisle, had a six-month jail term suspended for 18 months. He must also complete a rehabilitation requirement and pay a £180 fine.
Judge Archer said it had been a deeply unpleasant incident involving both punching and kicking.
