A METAL bar was used to bludgeon a man about the head after a row over noise at a Worcester traveller site which left the victim with a fractured skull and eye socket – yet both attackers were spared jail.

Attackers John Pacer Smith, 30, of Waterside Park, Offerton Lane, Warndon Worcester and his brother-in-law Jim Riley Janes, 26, of Larch Road, Worcester, admitted grievous bodily harm, bringing to an early end what would have been a three week trial at Worcester Crown Court, we reported in July.

The beating on May 6 last year at Waterside Park, Offerton Lane, Warndon Worcester left the victim, John Mongan, with 15 separate injuries to his head and body. Mr Mongan had to spend a number of days in hospital.

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The defendants pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of section 20 grievous bodily harm instead of the more serious section 18 (GBH with intent).

Father-of-four Mr Mongan was discovered bloody and unconscious on the ground by his partner who rushed out of her caravan in an attempt to stop the beating.

Two other men were originally charged in connection with the assault and two more with witness intimidation. However, the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence after discussions took place behind the scenes, avoiding a three-week trial.

The incident began when Mr Mongan asked a relative of Pacer Smith’s, Henry Smith, to keep the noise down because he he had been playing loud music ‘all day’.

The judge sentenced Pacer Smith to two years in prison suspended for two years and 40 rehabilitation activity requirement days. He sentenced Janes to 18 months in prison suspended for two years and placed him on an electronically tagged curfew for three months between 8pm and 5.30am daily.

He must also complete 150 hours of unpaid work and pay a £300 contribution towards costs.