ATTACK: Asfandyar Kiani (left) has already been jailed by Judge Nicolas Cartwright A HOMOPHOBIC thug who carried out an attack on a gay couple, one of them transgender, is due to be sentenced today with his accomplice already serving a long jail sentence. Brandon Taylor of Worcester is due to be sentenced for the attack which left both victims in a hospital trauma unit. The 19-year-old will appear before Judge Nicolas Cartwright at Worcester Crown Court today and also faces sentence for other matters of violence. Read about Worcester road rage attack His co-defendant Asfandyar Kiani, 21, also of Worcester was jailed for nine years for his role in the attack when he appeared before the same judge back in March.