UK news: Thug beat his step-brother 'to within an inch of his life' in brutal attack after row over dad's ashes
A thug has been jailed for life after leaving his step-brother 'close to death' in a brutal attack after a row over their dad's ashes.
The defendant - an industrial electrician and former Royal Mail worker - kicked out at the chest of one PC and shouted a racial slur at another. Hogg continued resisting after they had used PAVA spray on him, after which he shouted out for his wife and told her to film his arrest. A statement was read out to the court on behalf of Mr Williams' family that recalled the moment they first saw their critically-injured loved one lying in a hospital bed. They said: "Nothing could have prepared us for what we were about to witness.
They say he will 'never fully recover' and 'requires constant care because someone couldn't control their temper'. The family also described how, before the assault, Mr Williams had repainted the ceiling of the church where his dad's funeral was held free of charge in gratitude for the service. Tom Watson, defending, told the court: "Can I publicly recognise the ongoing suffering to Phillip Williams and the consequent impact brought to bear upon his family? Paul Hogg must live always with the knowledge his actions brought this about.
"Drink clearly played a part - that is no excuse, but it may provide some explanation. The signs are that he will treat this significant sentence he is about to receive as positive and constructively as he is able to do." "After that first punch, he offered no violence or threat to you whatsoever. What then happened was you perpetuated a brutal, prolonged and sustained attack on him.
"This may have been a spontaneous attack, but in the judgement of this court it was brutal in the extreme. It was also prolonged and persistent and perpetuated by you, a powerful man, against a man who you continued to beat and slam against the ground while he was unconscious. "I have no hesitation in finding that you represent a significant risk to causing serious harm to members of the public by the commission of further specified offences in future and that a determinate sentence is not sufficient protection for the public. You are, I regret to say, a volatile person.
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