A violent attack on a 19-year-old in a Wanganui street has seen the perpetrators each jailed for five years.
Kory O'Neill, 19, and Joseph Guilford, 17, appeared before Judge David Cameron in the Whanganui District Court yesterday. The judge told them they were both equally culpable for the offence.
He said the grievous bodily harm by two attackers on a vulnerable man was gratuitous, unprovoked, and it would not be tolerated by the community.
An aggravating factor in the attack was the extreme violence involved when they kicked the 19-year-old in the head until he was unconscious and continued to beat him.
The attack took place on the intersection of Carlton Ave and Parsons St about 3.20am on January 15, when the heavily intoxicated man was walking home.