Thug trio who threw bin and traffic cone at delivery driver’s car in ‘horrific’ attack sentenced
A thug who threw a bin and traffic cone at a Doncaster takeaway delivery driver’s car before he and two others set upon him in a ‘horrific attack’ has been jailed.
Kane Moffatt, aged 22, kicked the Mexborough man repeatedly in the horror assault, which he carried out alongside 20-year-old Philip Temperton and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The violent trio admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Sheffield Crown Court. Temperton was also jailed.
Just after midnight on October 4 last year, the 17-year-old chased the delivery driver’s vehicle down Mexborough High Street until it pulled up outside a fast food outlet.
The driver went inside the shop, but when he came out the three men punched him to the floor before Moffatt and Temperton kicked him repeatedly.
Another man, who had been in the shop, came outside to try to help the victim, but Moffat and the 17-year-old then began to attack him too. He escaped and ran back into the shop.
Moffatt then threw several items at the victim’s car, including a traffic cone and a bin, before the 17-year-old punched the car window.
The three then fled the scene, leaving the ‘distressed’ man on the floor.
They were arrested in November 2014 and entered not guilty pleas on their first court appearance in January.
But they changed their pleas to guilty and were sentenced on Friday.
Moffatt and the 17-year-old had also admitted common assault.
Moffatt, of Hawthorne Crescent, Mexborough, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and Temperton, of Arnold Crescent, Mexborough, was jailed for ten months.
The 17-year-old Doncaster boy was given a 12-month youth rehabilitation order.
Investigating officer Det Con Della O’Horo said after the court hearing: “This was a horrific attack on a man, and his friend who tried to help, for no reason whatsoever.
“The actions of these three that night are absolutely deplorable.
“Fortunately, the two victims did not sustain any serious injuries as a result of this violent assault, however the delivery driver has been extremely distressed by the incident.
“I hope residents in Mexborough feel some form of reassurance that we will not tolerate any form of criminality or violence and will do all that we can to bring offenders in the town to justice.”
Moffatt was jailed for Violent Disorder at the Birmingham EDL demo in 2013.
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