Man jailed after vicious attack on his cousin

Fuery felt he had been spoken to by his cousin.

He kept telling him: “You’re taking the p..s out of me chatting to me like a muppet.”

Mr Riley tried to calm him down but Fuery told him he was going to beat him up and started punching him repeatedly in the face.

Mr Riley fell to the floor and when the punches continued “he thought the defendant was going to kill him.”

However, he did eventually manage to get to his feet and left the house, jumping a fence and began banging on neighbour’s doors because he feared Fuery would follow him.

Miss Pryke said Mr Riley then saw two police officers in the street and told them what had happened.

He was taken to hospital with black eyes and was found to have multiple fractures to his nose.

She said that he nightmares about what had happened to him.

Peter Byrne, representing Fuery, said he had a poor record but had been showing signs of some maturity following his last release from custody and regretted his further incarceration.

Following his remand on the current offence he had made progress in jail and was now trusted to help new inmates, and a prison officer had written to the court supporting his attitude.

His former employer also indicated he was willing to continue offering him work.

Fuery, of Weymouth Avenue, Oakes, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 14 months.

Recorder Toby Wynn said: “This was an utterly mindless attack and warned Fuery if he did not learn to control himself “it is only a matter of time before you destroy someone’s life.”