Attack on woman outside takeaway caught on CCTV
TWO Burton teenagers were involved in a mass brawl outside a Horninglow takeaway in which a woman was seriously assaulted.
Rory Hall, 19, of Longmead Road, and Ashley Plant, 18, of Grange Street, both admitted a charge of affray for their part in the fracas outside Spice Hut, in Horninglow Road, Burton, on December 9.
Giles Rowden, prosecuting at Burton Magistrates’ Court, said: “The incident is captured on CCTV — it’s about 10.20pm.” Footage of the fight was shown in court, in which Hall could be seen wearing a light-coloured jacket and Plant wearing a ‘Superman’ T-shirt.
The images showed a group of young people, the majority of them male, swarming around outside the shop.
Moments later a person was pushed from the shop onto a nearby car and the group began fighting.
In the background the female victim can clearly be seen being punched and kicked repeatedly in the face as part of a sustained and shocking attack, before finally staggering away.
Mr Rowden said that while the defendants were not involved in the attack on the woman, they were known to have thrown both punches and kicks in the brawl.
“It was quite a long fight mainly involving punches,” Mr Rowden said.
Sukhi Ark, defending Hall, said his client had been out for a drink with his uncle on the night in question.
“His sister approaches him to tell him that his mother has been attacked in the kebab shop,” he said.
“His only concern was for his mother,and then the fight starts.
“He was in drink and he accepts he became involved.
“When it (the CCTV) was shown to him he was appalled by his behaviour.”
Sonia Lawrence, defending Plant, said: “He was under the mistaken apprehension that his friend’s mother was being attacked. Upon seeing the CCTV he realised that he was completely mistaken.
“He was absolutely appalled on seeing not only his own behaviour, but also the attack on the woman on the floor — something he didn’t see at the time.”
Both men were given four-month jail sentences, suspended for 12 months, as well as 12-month community orders with supervision requirements.
They were also told to undertake a ‘thinking skills’ programme, do 150 hours of unpaid work each and pay £85 in court costs.
