Two brothers violently made a man drink a bottle of urine during a drug-induced argument.
Dean Lloyd, 32 and Damon Lloyd, 33, caused serious injury to Jonathan Hughes and assaulted Pietr Pido at his home in Aberdare, Wales on November 14 last year.
The siblings were angry because they thought an electric bike had been stolen, but it later emerged one of them had moved it earlier during the day.
Prosecutor David Pinnell said Mr Pido described the brothers as ‘aggressive’.
The pair shouted at Mr Hughes and Mr Pido before they kicked and punched them and hit them with various objects.
A television cable was used to beat and whip Mr Pido, while Damon Lloyd threw the television directly at Mr Hughes.
Damon Lloyd then urinated into a bottle and forced Mr Hughes to drink it.
In a statement Mr Pido said: ‘I didn’t know how bad it was going to get or when the attack would stop.
‘I remember waking up in the living room and saw Jonathan walking around the living room unsteady on his feet before he fell to the floor and I placed him on the sofa.’
Mr Pido and Mr Hughes were taken to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital after emergency services were called.
Mr Hughes suffered a fractured skull and cheek, a bleed on the brain and inflammation to his lung.
He was placed in an induced coma and was required to have a breath tube inserted into his windpipe.
Mr Pido suffered pain to his head, swelling to his arm and chest pain.
The brothers were arrested and gave no comment but later pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The court heard Damon Lloyd had 25 previous convictions including offences of inflicting grievous bodily harm, while Dean Lloyd had nine previous convictions.
Dean Lloyd’s lawyer David Singh said his client had two children who he had contact with and had a good work ethic as a groundworker.
Damon Lloyd was addicted to heroin for many years but had been drug free before relapsing.
He remains drug free and upon release from prison will engage with drug services.
Sentencing, Recorder Andrew Hammond said: ‘This was a prolonged period of subjecting serious violence against these victims which was deeply troubling.’
Damon Lloyd was sentenced to 43 months in prison and Dean Lloyd was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
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