Lyndon Ralston was jailed for two years, eight months for the protracted beating of his former flatmate. Photo / Otago Daily Times
Lyndon Ralston was jailed for two years, eight months for the protracted beating of his former flatmate. Photo / Otago Daily Times
A Dunedin man punched, kicked and heel-stomped his victim before smashing him unconscious with a vodka bottle, a court has heard. Lyndon Daryl Ralston, 40, and the 56-year-old man had been flatmates, the Dunedin District Court heard last week.
The defendant was in the kitchen of the Morningside home on September7 last year, speaking to the victim who was on a couch a few metres away.
An argument was sparked and Ralston launched a "frenzied attack", which began with 15 punches to the man's head, Judge Kevin Phillips said.
Holding the flatmate down in a kneeling position, the defendant kicked him eight times before aiming a couple more punches to his head.
"The defendant raised his right foot up above the victim and heel-stomped [him] to his upper back near his spine," the police summary said.