Dad attacked as he went to rescue his disabled son
TWO men fractured the skull of a father who had gone to the aid of his frightened, disabled son.
Victim David Sutton was punched and headbutted after challenging the yobs over an earlier attack on his son who has cerebral palsy.
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JAILED: Morley, left and Evans.
The attack left Mr Sutton in intensive care after he suffered bleeding on the brain and required 16 stitches to his face.
The 52-year-old is now unable to work since giving up his job as a delivery driver following the trauma.
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Now Mr Sutton, of Bucknall, has welcomed the 32-month jail terms handed to attackers Robert Evans and Lee Morley.
He told The Sentinel: "They have got long sentences and I'm happy with that. I've got no feelings towards them.
"We are just glad it's over because it has been going on such a long time."
Wife Lesley, aged 51, who needed three months off work after seeing the assault, added: "They deserve the sentences they got. They could have killed him."
Stafford Crown Court heard Mr Sutton was called to a house in Werrington Road, Bucknall, by his 21-year-old son, who is also called David, after he had been punched by Evans in the early hours of September 11, 2010.
But after confronting the yobs Mr Sutton was punched by 24-year-old Evans and then headbutted by Morley, of Greasley Road, Abbey Hulton.
Both defendants were jailed after admitting inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Evans, of Winchester Avenue, Bentilee, was jailed for a further 28 months after he attacked his neighbour in a row over parking in November 2010.
The court heard Evans approached the home of Pauline Copperthwaite, broke the chain to her door and then hurled his victim to the ground.
Stuart Clarkson, defending Evans, said his client had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which led to 'impulsive behaviour'.
Mr Clarkson said: "He's the father of a child and is about to be the father to a second child next month.
"If he's to form a consistent part in these children's lives he must confront his own problems."
Joanne Wallbanks, defending Morley, who produced references in support of her client, said: "The references show he's a hard-working young man who takes his family responsibilities seriously."
Jailing Evans and Morley, Judge Mark Eades said: "Whatever the rights or wrongs of an argument with David Sutton junior, it did not warrant the attack on David Sutton senior which was a joint attack.
"His life has been ruined forever."




Comments
by 2planets
Thursday, June 21 2012, 4:57PM
“The sentinal calls these two men. Put these two in a army uniforms and send them Afghanistan, I bet they would cry in their beds. Cowards.....”
by cptmike
Wednesday, June 20 2012, 4:20PM
“"Mr Clarkson said: "He's the father of a child and is about to be the father to a second child next month."
that made me feel sick inside reading that”
by Alberus
Wednesday, June 20 2012, 11:38AM
“Gas them
(Conceived, written and produced by Sumoo, from an idea by A. Hitler. Now showing on Sky Classics. Also Kindle from July)”
by E_D_Wivens
Monday, June 18 2012, 10:57PM
“Your ability to copy and paste from a Google cached page is truly outstanding, GCM; I am in awe of your obvious interweb superiority. Here's your fiver, as promised..
http://tinyurl.com/crjwg8s
..try not to spend it all at once.
Doc - I shouldn't worry about it, if I were you, unless you turn green when you're angry.”
by DoctorDo
Monday, June 18 2012, 8:06PM
“@ james 208
"3. facial profiles- low foreheads, protruding ears"
Erm, I've got protruding ears. My brother always says that from behind I look like a taxi with it's back doors open. My nose is a bit mis-shaped too; I broke it 30 years ago.
Does this mean I'm doomed to a life of brain dead criminality like these two morons? HELP!!!!”
by GlobalComnMan
Monday, June 18 2012, 6:06PM
“Here is your previous comment Wivens
""nothing called as privately owned stuff on the internet" - you don't really know how the internet works. do you? The domain "thisisstaffordshire.co.uk" is owned by Northcliffe Newspapers, and all discussions that take place on forums hosted by them are subject to their rules and terms and conditions, which you also agreed to when you created your login. "no body owns this space and it is PUBLIC" - see my answer above. You are confusing "privately owned" with "privacy" so that's the second significant area of confusion that you have demonstrated, since you decided to champion Morley and Evans and their supporters. Not doing so well so far, are you?
"
I am not trying to pick on Mr E_D_Wivens" - you're welcome to try. This limp-wristed, ill-informed, and rather pathetic wibble you've been indulging in can hardly be called "picking on" and trust me, I'm more than capable of defending myself from the likes of you.
"please do it in public life so that we don't get to hear such stories about such low lives anymore." - again you seem to be getting rather confused. I thought that you said that this arenba was public? Is it or isn't it? And it wasn't me who reported the story, and you can't deny that such stories are not in the public interest.
"However, this has been dissected as usual … another problem of the language "English" - actually that's a virtue. The whole point of analysis is to dissect and deconstruct. Frankly if you cannot properly communicate what you are trying to say, then maybe you shouldn't try at all?
"To make it worse, the history of the English ruling the world has not been good anyways. That is why we are seeing such reporting of low lives in a country where the sun never set." - and what has that got to do with anything? The Black Hole of Calcutta or the Opium Wars are the reasons why two scumbag chavs beat up a boy with cerebral palsy and then his father and then a completely unrelated third-party who happened to be a woman? Oustanding leap. Truly amazing intellectual gymnastics. Your chain of logic here staggers me. Seriously, you need to sit down and think about your view of the world.
I'm going to take it that you are NOT English and that our language is NOT your primary means of verbal communication? Where are you from?
"some comments on a public forum have not been acceptable" - in your opinion, that's all. If it bothers you so much, report it to the moderators, but wouldn't that negate your defence of "freedom of expression" and prove my point that this is not a "publicly-owned" spaced? Also, beating up disabled people and their families is rather less acceptable, in many more peoples' opinions, and you are going to struggle to find any adequate defence of the criminals concerned - their own defence solicitors couldn't put much up, so what exactly are you going to come up with?"
.”
by invisable
Monday, June 18 2012, 5:26PM
“Both of these scum bags should have the snip so they cant father any more kids between them. If they can attack vulnerable people and anyone with disabilities, what are they going to be like with crying babies and young children. God help the women they are involved with. How on earth can solicoters defend these scum bags ill never understand”
by E_D_Wivens
Monday, June 18 2012, 4:43PM
“Looks likes Wivens as been removed anyway. He's not going to like that."
I take it philosophically, besides I am rather used to it. Perhaps GCM could use his uber-l33t skillz to recover my deleted posts from cyber-limbo (or not.... I'll put a fiver on not.)
"He was making his point as best he could. It doesn't mean Wivens has the right to crucify the poor bloke." - I was going easy on him, considering that I barely understood a word that he was blathering on about. Besides there is an ancient law of Edward III that states "alle yeomen and freemen that carrieth ye tytle and nayme of Wiventh, they shalt hath in perpetuitie ye ryghhte of crucifieth of ye offenderes of ye Anglo-Saxon tongue.." - so there.
"Morley having his brain removed via suction pump" - I had in mind the scene in Starship Troopers where Xander gets brain-vacuumend by the Brain Bug on Planet P. The scarring is identical.... just sayin'.
"He IS very good regarding articles like this one, when he rips into the scum bags and their hangers-on." I am, aren't I? Good at gardening and architecture too.
"I don't know why you all get reeled in so easily by the Wivens persona" - this is one of the wisest and most perceptive statements ever made on this forum. Not Mrs Wivens in disguise are you?”
by petemarino
Monday, June 18 2012, 3:58PM
“Scabby Abbey and Bentilee, what did you expect, put em down.”
by Alberus
Monday, June 18 2012, 3:50PM
“drew03...Yes GCM was struggling a bit, but maybe he's not English and gets a bit confused. He was making his point as best he could. It doesn't mean Wivens has the right to crucify the poor bloke. This is a forum not trolls' heaven.”