Footage shows Casey Tighe, 18, Zeyn Badat, 18, and Ryan Lavelle, 20, attacking two men at a Wilko shop at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester. The grandma, who was shopping with her daughter and granddaughter, bravely intervened as the attack unfolded and pulled the attackers away. CCTV footage of the attack, which was played at Manchester Crown Court, was described as "sickening" by Judge Suzanne Goddard QC, the Manchester Evening News reports. The judge described Tighe, Badat and Jones-Lowe - who were sentenced separately to Lavelle - as "vicious, cowardly thugs", and said they behaved like a "pack of animals preying on those you considered weaker than yourselves". The judge said it was a "miracle" the man attacked by Tighe and Badat was not more seriously hurt.

Source: Daily Mirror September 12, 2020 04:12 UTC