Gang of teens and adults beat disabled man with a claw-hammer and a tomahawk

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Two Invercargill teenagers were convicted yesterday for their part in a brutal attack with a claw hammer and a tomahawk axe on a man with an intellectual disability.

A graphic police summary of facts details the offenders washing blood from their hands and bragging about their actions in the aftermath of the attack.

Anthony Miles Tamati Watkins, also known as Miles Samson, and Matthew Evans-Kent, both 15, appeared before Judge Brian Callaghan in the Invercargill District Court yesterday where they admitted joint charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary, stemming from the attack on the man on November 4.

Three adult men, aged 19, 17 and 33, are before the court or have already been sentenced on the same charges for their part in the attack.

What a bunch of bastards.

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Both the charges carry a maximum sentence of 14 years' jail.

So, what, in 14 years' time they can just get out and do the same damn thing again?

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On November 4, Watkins, Evans-Kent and their co-offenders were drinking at a house in Teviot St and as the night wore on they talked about the victim and comments they believe he had made to police, the summary says. "It was decided it was payback time."

The five decided to go to the man's Bowmont St flat to "give him a beating".

Of then five, it is Evans-Kent and Watkins who were armed – with a claw hammer and a tomahawk axe respectively, the summary says.

Between 10.30pm and 10.40pm the five left the Teviot St house and went to the man's flat.

Evans-Kent knocked on a sliding door.

The victim, who was asleep, got up, partly opened the door and Evans-Kent struck him in the head multiple times.

The five forced their way into his house before all four "set upon him", the summary says.

Watkins struck him once in the back with the blade of the axe and a second time on the upper left leg, causing large lacerations, the summary says.

Seriously, they deserve A LOT more than 14 years... in 14 years they'll be 29 or 30, and still fully capable of, and perhaps willing to, go beat the shit out of someone else who they think has dissed them. Hell, they'll probably be even meaner given that they'll have been around other hardened criminals for more than a decade.

DID SOMEONE MENTION PRISON?

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Both the charges carry a maximum sentence of 14 years' jail.

So, what, in 14 years' time they can just get out and do the same damn thing again?

I'm sorry to rain on your parade but it says that the maximum is 14 years; it's likely they'll each get a greatly reduced jailtime. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

they need therapy not jailtime

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they need therapy not jailtime

Dixy is right.

Lemme go get a shotgun so I can theraputize these fools.

Also, you don't beat someone with a tomahawk. You hack them.

Is it horrible that the first thing I thought was, "I think this was already posted."?

That was my initial reaction too, weird. That was a different assault where kids beat up a homeless guy.

Lovely world we live in. Too bad a punishment that actually fits this crime would be considered cruel and unusual.

I'm not sure how, even in their tiny chav brains belting the bejeezuz out of an intellectually disabled guy with four of your mates all armed to the teeth counts as "hard".

I thought proving you were tough required you to beat up someone your own size or bigger, my bad!