Jailed: Thugs kicked and beat man in Wolverhampton city centre pub ambush
Two thugs have been locked up after savagely 'ambushing' a man in the toilets of a Wolverhampton city centre pub.
Daniel Tonks followed Romanian national Janel Corban into the gents at the Tap and Spile in Princess Street where Lee Guest was waiting, a judge heard.
The latter kicked a beer glass the victim was holding out of the grasp of the man and into his face after asking him for money, the city's crown court was told.
Then, 36-year-old Guest and Tonks, aged 21, joined forces to punch and kick the man to the floor where he was battered about the face and body.
Mr Charles Hamer, prosecuting, said: "The attack has an ambush feel about it. The sinister aspect is that the victim was followed into the toilets by one man and with the other man already inside and was trapped. Mr Corban was extremely scared."
When police checked CCTV footage of the April 23 incident, they quickly identified Guest who had 10 previous convictions for violence and Tonks was arrested a short time later.
Mr Jon Roe defending Guest said he accepted behaving badly and added: "He had been drinking and the alcohol clouded his judgement."
Mr Rupert Jones representing Tonks said that the attackers had made a 'foolish' decision after a drinking spree.
Guest of Boyden Close, Ettingshall was jailed for 18 months while Tonks of Hawkley Road, Bilston received a year-long prison sentence. Both admitted assaulting Mr Corban.
Recorder Denis Desmond told the pair: "This was unprovoked and you set about the victim after he was asked for money. The two of you kicked him to the ground and then to the face and body. It was a sustained and repeated assault and it is fortuitous he was not badly injured."
