Cowardly attack caught on CCTV

TWO violent thugs have been jailed for a sickening attack on a woman captured on CCTV.

The victim, 31, was punched to the ground and had her head stamped on and kicked before she was stabbed in the leg with a CHISEL.

Glen Muddiman, 27, was caged for three years for the attack and his co-accused Dean Ackers, 21, was given 18 months at Liverpool Crown Court.

Dean Ackers, 21, and Glen Muddiman, 27, have been jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for the violent attack.

Police blamed drink-fuelled violence for the attack.

Both men had been on a night out in Wigan town centre on June 8 this year to celebrate Ackers' 21st birthday when they got involved in a fight with two other men around midnight.

The pair felt they had lost and wanting revenge went to Muddiman's van where they armed themselves with a crow bar and chisel.

They went in search of the men, who ran off, but did catch up with the female victim who had been part of the group.

She can be seen remonstrating with the pair in the CCTV footage before they launch their prolonged attack and Muddiman stabs the woman in the ankle with the chisel. They were arrested shortly after by police.

The victim made a full recovery from injuries to her head and leg following hospital treatment.

Detective Constable Rob Kitchen, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "This was a horrendous, disproportionate attack on a lone woman. It was cowardly for Muddiman and Ackers to take their frustrations out on her in this way."

Muddiman, of HMP Liverpool, and Ackers, of Orrell, near Wigan, both pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, Muddiman with intent, and possession of an offensive weapon.

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