Hull brothers kicked neighbour 'like a football' in row over cat
TWO brothers have been jailed after they attacked their neighbour over a dispute about his cat.
Barry Richards and his brother Stuart attacked their neighbour Robert Moore when he complained about them putting poison in their garden and threatening to kill his cat.
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Mr Moore was repeatedly kicked to the head and left unconscious on the ground.
The pair had shouted over their garden fence in Egton Street, east Hull, that they wanted to kill Mr Moore's cat.
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Mr Moore, who has a special tube fitted to his brain because he suffers from water on the brain, went to speak to the pair about the threats and they attacked him.
Mr Moore's partner heard the commotion and came out of her home to see him staggering backwards.
She went to his aid and tried to hold Stuart Richards back as his brother Barry attacked Mr Moore.
Prosecutor Mark Kendall said: "Barry punched him to the neck, where his tube was, causing him to fall to the floor. He was still conscious once down on the ground and Barry kicked him in the head.
"He managed to get to his feet and then Stuart Richards punched him to the head. He was unconscious when they used his head as a football and both began kicking him in the head.
"They both shouted 'you've got bad injuries, I hope you die'. They left him on the floor unconscious and went off laughing."
Mr Moore was taken to hospital but only suffered minor injuries.
The attack did not affect the special tube to his brain.
Both brothers had been aware of their neighbour's health problems.
They were arrested and Barry Richards claimed he had just "seen red" and could not remember anything after Mr Moore arrived at his home.
The attack happened on July 13.
Both men, now of Ash Grove, west Hull, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Hull Crown Court and have been jailed for nine months.
Barry Richards barrister Richard Thompson said: "The defendant denies poisoning the cat. They had taken legitimate steps to try to stop the cat coming into their garden. The complainant had turned up in an irate frame of mind."
The Honorary Recorder of Hull and the East Riding, Judge Michael Mettyear, told the brothers: "This was a nasty attack on your neighbour in a dispute over his cat.
Fortunately it didn't cause too many injuries but on the basis of the evidence that was more luck than by design as it was a sustained attack."
Comments
by vivkaroo62
Monday, January 14 2013, 10:33AM
“they are trying to change the laws that 9 months mean 9months or watever4 sentence it run full time may take a while but it should be like that not 9 months out in 4”
by joanna21
Sunday, January 13 2013, 11:26PM
“There's a great deal of inconsistency in sentencing across the country - soft sentences are often highlighted but I know of a case that's gone to trial and the offender was given an immediate custodial sentence of 18 months even though the injury was minor, no stitches were required and no long term problems. Also the offender was provoked into reacting the way he did. I believe such inconsistencies cannot be right or just.”
by vivkaroo62
Friday, January 11 2013, 10:30AM
“well said coder72vivkaroo62”
by 343YE4T3R
Thursday, January 10 2013, 5:16PM
“what a nice pair of lads”
by vivkaroo62
Friday, January 04 2013, 5:48PM
“well said lizziedoodles but dont forget peoples they will be out in 4to 5 months to terrorise again for god sakes wish we were america they know how to treat m they should be given hard labour they pick on the vunerable these scumbags our justice system stinks you dont see pensioners out on a night cos they too afraid how bad is that xxx vivkaroo62”
by Kinnison
Friday, January 04 2013, 2:04AM
“It sounds like attempted murder to me, and their solicitor should have portrayed it as such.
As another commentee has already said, 9 months should be 9 years.”
by funky15
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:42AM
“well after reading the comments , do these 2 deserve to be released, how much upset have they caused families in the past, yet they get a cat , in their garden and cause all this upset , come on the justice system get a grip , thankfully the victim is still alive to tell his story.”
by allwaysred1
Thursday, January 03 2013, 9:07PM
“will men ever stop fighting over....*****.:0)”
by DwaynneCarr
Thursday, January 03 2013, 8:30PM
“some people want flogging.”
by WykeTyke
Thursday, January 03 2013, 7:32PM
“We put down mad dogs.”