Two yobs jailed for attack near West Bromwich Wetherspoons which left victim with brain damage
Three yobs who battered a man outside a West Bromwich Wetherspoons have been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The victim fractured his skull on the pavement during the attack in 2023 and will "never be the same again" after suffering a brain injury, a court heard.
He had been fighting with Harley Bissell, 21, when Connor Edwards, 27 and Logan Parker, 23, all from Sandwell, spotted the altercation and came to help Bissell.
Their assault was captured on CCTV and footage was shown at Wolverhampton Crown Court during the trio's sentencing on Wednesday (February 11).
All three were sentenced for assault causing grievous bodily harm, with Parker also being sentenced for theft and breaching a suspended sentence.
The court heard their victim's life will never be the same again; he is still experiencing pain and is in need of a operation on his head.
Judge Simon Ward said: "The court has seen the CCTV and though I have seen worse attacks during my time as a judge it still shows how the victim sustained his life-changing injuries.
"It seems he was chasing you, Bissell, down an alley and then when you emerged you were fighting, then you, Logan and Parker, saw this and decided to join in.
"It was when you teamed up that you crossed the line. The attack did not last that long, and you did not use weapons. But due to the victim hitting his head on the pavement he became seriously injured.
"You did not carry on the attack after he had fallen on the floor."
In mitigation the court heard all three were remorseful and pleaded guilty, with Parker penning an emotional letter about the impact of his attack on the victim.
Bissell, of Campville Crescent, West Bromwich, was given a suspended sentence of 10 months but Logan and Parker, of no fixed abode, were jailed, for 19 months and 21 months respectively.
The judge added: "You, Bissell, were defending yourself which is why I am giving you a suspended sentence, as for you both [Logan and Parker], as you have been on remand this time will be taken off your sentence so it should not be too long before you are released."