AN attack victim was left with the imprint of a trainer on his face.
Now three men have been locked up for their part in a late-night street attack which a judge described as “mindless, drunken, drug-fuelled violence”.
Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that the victim, Gareth Reed, had little recollection of the attack which took place in the Bridge End area of Brighouse last June.
Although Mr Reed did not suffer serious injuries, the court heard that photographs showed an imprint of the sole of a trainer on his face in the aftermath of the attack.
Prosecutor Stephen Wood said Mr Reed had been drinking with the other men before being attacked by them at about 11.30pm.
The attack was witnessed by a takeaway delivery man who saw Mr Reed laid out on the ground with the three defendants all kicking at him.
Most of the kicks were aimed at the victim’s body, but the witness also described two kicks to the head.
Mr Wood said it was the prosecution’s case that Mr Reed’s face was stamped on and when police arrived on the scene they found footwear marks on the victim’s face.
Aaron Goodwill, 21, of Saville Walk, Dewsbury, his 20-year-old brother Luke, of Fenton Street, Mirfield, and 22-year-old Cristan Perkins, of Grosvenor Terrace, Bradford, were all arrested at the scene and last month they all pleaded guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Mr Wood said analysis of blood-stained footwear taken from the Goodwill brothers indicated strong support for the proposition that they had both stamped on Mr Reed at a time when he was already injured and already bleeding.
After being taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Mr Reed was found to have suffered bruising around his face and to have a cut above the eye.
It is believed Mr Reed also suffered an epileptic fit during the attack, which may have contributed to him becoming unconscious.
The eye-witness told police he thought that Mr Reed was dead when he saw him lying on the ground with the men around him.
Judge Potter was told that Luke Goodwill had telephoned for an ambulance and he accepted that all three defendants had expressed some remorse for the incident through their guilty pleas.
But the judge said it was a “sustained and repeated” assault on Mr Reed involving the use of feet as weapons in a joint attack.
Judge Potter said it was “mindless, drunken, drug-fuelled violence” in a public place towards a victim lying on the ground.
Aaron Goodwill was jailed for 12 months, Luke Goodwill and Perkins were both locked-up for nine months.
