A CONFRONTING video has captured the moment a homeless person was targeted by a group of thugs, who drop-kicked the man before stamping on him as he lay on the ground.
Abdifathi Ibrahim, 20, was among the violent mob who carried out the unprovoked attacked when they spotted their victim near McDonald’s in Horsefair, Bristol city centre.
CCTV captured the vile act, in which one of the men restrained the homeless man, as Ibrahim launched himself off a nearby rubbish bin and propelled into a fly-kick.
As the defenceless man fell to the ground, three others join Ibrahim in repeatedly kicking him in his head and hitting his body.
The appalling attack continued for ten seconds, before the mob walked away in celebration, leaving the homeless man wreathing in pain.
Ibrahim, of Halston Drive in St Pauls, was jailed on Thursday for four and a half years by Judge Euan Ambrose at Bristol Crown Court.
He had pleaded guilty to the attack, which happened on March 4 last year.
Another man and two youths who appear in the video have been dealt with separately.
Prosecutor James Haskell told the court it was pure luck that the victim was not seriously hurt from the unprovoked attack.
Mr Haskell said: “Mr Ibrahim and his friends then walked off almost celebrating what had just taken place.”
He added: “A witness called the police and Mr Ibrahim was arrested on August 21 last year.”
Ibrahim also admitted to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, which occurred between March 20 and 24 last year, and an affray on April 10.
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