Cory Perdue was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court for kicking a man in the head after he had asked him for change
A MAN who kicked a beggar in the head after being asked for change in the middle of Swansea has been jailed.
Cory Perdue ended up brawling with the man outside the McDonald's restaurant, punching him as he lay on the floor.
Perdue's friend Thomas Thyer then joined the attack, kicking their victim when he was down.
Carina Hughes, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that just before midnight on July 18 a man and woman were sitting outside the Halifax bank on Oxford Street and "smoking a spliff" together when a group of young males walked past them.
The man asked the passers-by for change, and 21-year-old Perdue lashed out, kicking him in the head.
Pair started fighting
The prosecutor said the pair then started fighting, the running-brawl moving around the corner from the bank onto Princess Way outside McDonald's.
The victim ended up on the floor being punched by Perdue, when 18-year-old Thyer intervened. The court heard Thyer had initially acted as a "peace-maker" trying to separate the fighters, but when the man on the floor grabbed his leg, he kicked out at him, catching him in the head or neck area.
Police were called and the attackers ran off, but were traced by Swansea Council CCTV operators and subsequently arrested.
The barrister said the victim was left "covered in blood" and with concussive injuries, a deep laceration to the top of his head, and bruises and swelling. An ambulance was called but because it took so long to arrive, police took the injured man to hospital.
Perdue, of Heol Emrys, Penlan, and Thyer, of Neath Road, Plasmarl, had both previously pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm when they appeared in the dock for sentencing.
The court heard Perdue has six previous convictions for 15 offences — including battery, and possessing a "military-style knife" in Ammanford — and was on a community order at the time of the attack.
Thyer has no previous convictions and is of hitherto clean character.
Lee Davies, for Perdue, said his client recognised alcohol was a problem in his life, and that his behaviour on the night in question had been unacceptable. The advocate added that the defendant was sorry for the injuries he had inflicted.
"A single blow with a shod foot"
Stewart John, for Thyer, said his client had never been in trouble with the law before, and his part in the altercation had been limited to "a single blow with a shod foot".
Perdue was sentenced to eight months in prison for the assault, and his existing community order was revoked and he was re-sentenced to two months, both sentences to run consecutively making a total of eight months.
Thyer was sentenced to four months in a young offenders institution suspended for 18 months, and was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, and made the subject of a three-month 8pm to 6am nightly curfew.
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