JAILED: Three bullies who imprisoned, stamped on and hit disabled man at his Oldbury flat
Three bullies who humiliated and imprisoned a disabled man when they took over his flat have been jailed for a combined 22 years.
Nicholas Cutler, 44, and his son James Cutler, 19, both of Nash Walk, Smethwick, and Anthony Knowles, 18, of no fixed address, are behind bars for their part in the attack which saw the victim have paint thrown over him, stamped on and hit with and iron bar in the Oldbury flat.
All three were found guilty of false imprisonment after trial. A youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found not guilty of the same charge.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how the three plied the victim with booze to gain entry to his property, before subjecting him to a two-day ordeal from February 2 to 4.
James Cutler filmed on his phone the moment police forced their way in to rescue the victim, as well as the paint attack. He also threw the victim on the sofa several times and hit him with an iron bike fork.
Abuse inflicted by Knowles included throwing the victim on the sofa and stamping on his ankle.
Nicholas Cutler ordered the youth who was acquitted to throw the paint at the victim, drenching him from head to toe.
Prosecutor Steven Bailey said: "He is nervous about going out, he's taking taxis everywhere, even just to the local shop.
"A lot of his property was completely destroyed. He feels degraded and violated."
Mr Colin McCarragher, defending Nicholas Cutler, said before making mitigation submissions: "To come after the Paralympics, this is a difficult litigation to take considering the vulnerability of the victim."
Nicholas Cutler was jailed for eight years, while Knowles and James Cutler were sentenced to seven years each in a Young Offenders Institute.
They were all handed additional restraining orders to keep them away from the victim indefinitely.
