Two sentenced for city centre assault
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Two men pleaded guilty to assault and have been sentenced to serve time in prison.
Brodie Carmichael, 20, and Cameron Mitchell, 18, were involved in a fight in Mansfield Street, Leicester in the early hours of 25 August last year.
The two were goading people outside a nightclub, trying to engage them in a fight, before reportedly acting aggressively towards two women.
Brodie Carmichael
The victim intervened, telling the defendants to leave the women alone. They then chased him, punching him to the floor where they kicked and stamped on his head until he was unconscious, leaving him with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.
He also sustained a sprained wrist.
Carmichael had to be dragged off the victim by security staff. The two were arrested at the scene by police.
Carmichael, of Sleath Drive, Ullesthorpe, Lutterworth, was charged with one count of grievous bodily harm with intent and was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in a Young Offenders Institute.
Mitchell, of Longland Road, Northampton, was charged with one count of actual bodily harm and sentenced to serve 18 months in a Young Offenders Institute.
They both pleaded guilty and were sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday (26 February).
DC Guy Spreadborough from City CID said: “This was an unprovoked attack, carried out by two people who wanted to have a fight that night.
“The level of violence they directed towards the victim was horrendous, leaving him with serious injuries.
“Luckily, he made a full recovery.”
- For information about the force’s Walk Away campaign – a force initiative to encourage your friends to Walk Away when things get heated.