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Men sentenced for five-hour assault ordeal
Posted on 11/09/09
Men sentenced for five-hour assault ordeal
Top (l-r) Craig Diglin, Jeremy Thorpe, Callum Grant, Luke Hill Bottom (l-r) Stefan Downing, Anthony Diglin, Paul Bradley
Seven men have today been sentenced for their part in an incident where a 20-year-old man was held captive and assaulted.
The offences relate to an incident on October 30, 2008 when the victim was held and subjected to a five-hour ordeal at the hands of the defendants. He was seriously assaulted leaving him with two broken cheek bones, a broken nose and broken ribs. He also sustained serious burns all over his body as a result of a hairdryer being held close to his skin for a prolonged period. He was then told to wash himself before being let go by his attackers.
The guilty men, some of whom knew and associated with the victim, believed he had played a part in an assault on three of the defendants - Paul Bradley, Anthony Diglin and Sefan Downing - the previous day. This attack was in retribution for the victims perceived involvement.
All seven men pleaded guilty to the offences at Leicester Crown Court on July 20
Paul Sean Bradley, (20), of Holly Tree Avenue, Birstall Pleaded to Section 18 GBH and False Imprisonment and was given an indeterminate sentence for public protection and put on life licence for what the judge described as his major part in the assault.
Jeremy Kenneth Thorpe, (39), of Briar Road, Thurnby Lodge pleaded guilty to the same offence and received six years and eight months.
The remaining five men pleaded to Section 47 ABH. Luke Hill (30) of Wavertree Drive, Leicester got two years imprisonment, while Anthony Diglin (25) of Narborough Road, Leicester received 18 months.
Stefan Downing (24) of Braunstone Avenue, Leicester was given 30 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years, he was issued with a 12-month supervision order and 120 hours unpaid work.
Callum Grant (23) of Central Avenue, Wigston was given 30 weeks suspended for two years. He also received 100 hours unpaid work and a three-month curfew and tag preventing him from leaving his house between the hours of 8pm and 8am.
Craig Michael Diglin (24) of Sycamore Road, Birstall was given a two-year supervision order. Both he and Stefan Downing were also ordered to attend a Thinking Skills programme.
Detective Superintendent Stuart Prior, who led the investigation, said: We know that the victim in this case was put through a terrible ordeal by these men and I hope that todays result offers him some comfort.
The fact that he was assaulted by men that he knew and associated with must have made it even more difficult to come to terms with. I know hes moved away from his old lifestyle and is trying to rebuild his life and we wish him well in this.
Fortunately, crimes such as these are very rare and are usually in similar circumstances with people known to one another trying to administer their own form of justice. However, as this case demonstrate, you dont take the law into your own hands, it is for the police to investigate.
The defendants tried hard to cover their tracks, removing the carpets and the sofa from the flat to destroy any possible forensic evidence. The victim was kept blindfolded on the journey to and from the property so he could not identify where the assault had taken place.
Speaking about the investigation, Detective Sergeant Kenny Henry said: In the initial stages the only crime scene we had as such was the victim. We didnt know where the assault happened all we had were his injuries.
Based on the little evidence we had from the victim, we drove him around possible locations in Leicester to try and get some indication of where they might have taken him. Despite managing to find the property within 24 hours of the assault happening theyd stripped it bare in an attempt to get rid of any forensic evidence.
The burn marks from the hairdryer were quite distinctive and gave us more clues as to what had caused the injuries. The hairdryer actually belonged to one of the defendants girlfriends and was seized following the arrest.
I think the fact that all seven defendants pleaded guilty is testimony to the investigation. They tried very hard to outsmart us, they thought they were covering their tracks, but we were prepared to work long and hard to bring them to justice for what they did to the victim.
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