Peterborough men who launched attack with hammer and hockey stick - leaving victim with no sight in one eye - jailed
Two men who seriously injured a man in an attack with a hammer and hockey stick have been jailed.
Bartholomew Cronin, 46, and Ziggy Dunn, 36, launched the attack at a house in Lowick Gardens, Westwood, Peterborough, at about noon on November 5 last year.
The victim was installing a CCTV camera at his home to replace a damaged one when Cronin came out of Dunn’s house next door and made what the victim took to be a threat.
When he went to speak to him about the threat, Cronin pulled out a hammer from his trouser waistband and waved it in the air.
Dunn also came running from his house with a hockey stick and the pair began attacking the victim.
The victim got up but both men pushed him to the ground and Dunn used the hammer to hit him to the back of the head and also to the left eye.
Both men ran back to Dunn’s property, before coming out again and threatening the victim before making off.
Officers gave first aid to the victim before paramedics arrived and the victim was taken to Peterborough City Hospital with serious injuries, including the loss of sight in his left eye.
Dunn returned to the scene and was arrested along with Cronin.
On Thursday (14 August), at Cambridge Crown Court, Cronin, of Lutton Grove, Westwood, Peterborough, was jailed for 32 months, having pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm without intent, while Dunn, of Manton, Bretton, Peterborough, was jailed for 40 months, having pleaded guilty to the same charge.
DC Elouise Hicks, who investigated, said: “This was an incredibly violent assault with weapons which has left the victim with lasting injuries, and its severity is reflected in the sentences handed to both men.”