Police and paramedics were called to the flat at just before midnight.
They found, the court heard, it had been ransacked and discovered Mr Islam, who was known by his nickname ‘Chilly’, unconscious lying in a cupboard.
It was a deliberate, gratuitous and violent attack
The jury was shown CCTV footage of Dunwell and Peters at the Tawa Indian restaurant in the Spytty area of Newport earlier that evening.
Peters was shown picking up a bottle of Kopparberg cider.
Dunwell later drove Peters to Mr Islam’s home where Dunnion let him into the block of flats by opening a communal door, the court heard.